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House Roll Call 363, 97th Congress · March 2, 1982

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. J. RES. 373, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVIET UNION SHOULD RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION AND TO EMIGRATE,AND THAT THESE MATTERS SHOULD BE AMONG THE ISSUES RAISED AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT GENEVA IN FEB. 1982. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)

387 yea · 0 nay45 not voting or present
Democrat211 yea · 0 nay
Republican177 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 373 ↗

A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the Soviet Union should respect the rights of its citizens to practice their religion and to emigrate, and that these matters should be among the issues raised at the 38th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Geneva in February 1982.

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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.

  • Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding sense-of-Congress resolution.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (389)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (45)

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