House Roll Call 223, 97th Congress · October 5, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 3112, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION THAT MADE THE SIGNING OF A CONSENT DECREE IN A VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT A BAR TO BAILING OUT FROM COVERAGE OF THE ACT IF THE CONSENT DECREE WERE SIGNED WITHIN 10 YEARS OF A JURISDICTION'S PETITION TO BAIL OUT. (MOTION FAILED)

92 yea · 285 nay38 not voting or present

Democrat14 yea · 195 nay

Republican87 yea · 96 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3112 ↗

An act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the effect of certain provisions, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”
model(0.85): Eases bailout from Voting Rights Act coverage, weakening voting rights enforcement.
Tagged by: keyword:voting rights
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (101)

Nay (294)

Not voting or present (38)

Ike Franklin AndrewsDid not vote
John Milan AshbrookDid not vote
Leslie AspinDid not vote
Eugene Vincent AtkinsonDid not vote
Robin Leo Beard Jr.Did not vote
Corinne Claiborne BoggsDid not vote
Richard Walker BollingDid not vote
Jack Bascom BrooksDid not vote
George E. Brown Jr.Did not vote
John Lowell BurtonDid not vote
William Venroe Chappell Jr.Did not vote
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr.Did not vote
Robert Lawrence CoughlinDid not vote
Norman Edward D’AmoursDid not vote
Charles Wayne DowdyDid not vote
David Farnham EmeryDid not vote
Bobbi FiedlerDid not vote
Ronald Bryan GinnDid not vote
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr.Did not vote
James John HowardDid not vote
Carroll Hubbard Jr.Did not vote
Jerry LewisDid not vote
Thomas Andrew LukenDid not vote
Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
John Joseph MoakleyDid not vote
Anthony John Moffett Jr.Did not vote
Mary Rose OakarDid not vote
Charles Pashayan Jr.Did not vote
Claude Denson PepperDid not vote
Joel McFee PritchardDid not vote
Daniel David RostenkowskiDid not vote
Toby A. RothDid not vote
Mark Deli SiljanderDid not vote
Stephen Joshua SolarzDid not vote
Thomas Joseph TaukeDid not vote
Jerome Bob TraxlerDid not vote
Morris King UdallDid not vote
Lyle WilliamsDid not vote

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