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Senate Roll Call 201, 96th Congress · July 20, 1979

TO TABLE SCHWEIKER SUBSTITUTE FOR CHURCH AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4389 (SEE RC 200). THE SUBSTITUTE CONCENTRATES OSHA ENFORCEMENT TO ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND REDUCES THE REGULATORY BURDEN ON SAFER EMPLOYEES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 11

31 yea · 61 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat16 yea · 36 nay
Republican15 yea · 24 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4389

Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations Act, 1980

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.85): Tabling kills a substitute that reduced regulatory burdens on employers.

    Tagged by: keyword:osha

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) OSHA enforcement restrictions are a regulatory fight, not fiscal policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (31)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (8)

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