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House Roll Call 313, 98th Congress · September 13, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 3520, A BILL EXTENDING AND IMPROVING THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 TO: PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS; CREATE A SELECT COMMISSION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED AMERICANS; AND INCREASE CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAMS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMIITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR. THE BARTLETT AMENDMENT STRIKES LANGUAGE MODIFYING AUTHORIZATION LEVELS FOR NONREHABILITATION PROGRAMS. (MOTION FAILED)

124 yea · 283 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 238 nay
Republican120 yea · 46 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3520 ↗

A bill to extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to provide for the operation of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, to create a select commission on Federal Assistance to Disabled Americans, and to increase certain authorizations of appropriations for programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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 “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Strikes authorization increases for nonrehabilitation worker support programs.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (127)

Nay (286)

Not voting or present (20)

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