House Roll Call 225, 97th Congress · October 5, 1981

TO AMEND H.R. 3112, BY ALLOWING A STATE COVERED BY THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT TO BAIL OUT FROM COVERAGE IF TWO-THIRDS OF ITS COUNTIES ARE ELIGIBLE TO BAIL OUT. (MOTION FAILED)

95 yea · 313 nay16 not voting or present

Democrat14 yea · 208 nay

Republican85 yea · 107 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(0.90): Allows easier state bailout from Voting Rights Act enforcement, weakening protections.
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 (99)

Nay (318)

Not voting or present (16)

John Milan AshbrookDid not vote
Robin Leo Beard Jr.Did not vote
Jack Bascom BrooksDid not vote
Clarence J. Brown Jr.Did not vote
John Lowell BurtonDid not vote
Thomas A. DaschleDid not vote
John D. DingellDid not vote
Bobbi FiedlerDid not vote
Carroll Hubbard Jr.Did not vote
Walter Beaman Jones Sr.Did not vote
John J. LaFalceDid not vote
Clarence Dickinson LongDid not vote
Mary Rose OakarDid not vote
Charles Pashayan Jr.Did not vote
Claude Denson PepperDid not vote
Peter A. PeyserDid not vote

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