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House Roll Call 84, 96th Congress · April 24, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 1301, AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE U.S. CODE TO ALLOW THE TRANSPORTATION TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY OF MATERIAL CONCERNING A LOTTERY AUTHORIZED BY THAT FOREIGN COUNTRY. (MOTION PASSED)

269 yea · 121 nay42 not voting or present
Democrat190 yea · 48 nay
Republican78 yea · 73 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1301

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow the transportation or mailing to a foreign country of material concerning a lottery authorized by that foreign country, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Removing federal criminal restrictions on foreign lottery materials is reform-oriented.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (271)

Nay (121)

Not voting or present (42)

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