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House Roll Call 533, 98th Congress · March 8, 1984

TO AMEND H.R. 4164, A BILL STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THE NATION, DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES, REDUCING STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY, AND STRENGTHENING THE NATION'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES BY ASSISTING THE STATES TO EXPAND, IMPROVE, AND UPDATE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THE ROUKEMA AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT THAT RESULTS IN A DIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO ANY ORGANIZATION FOR REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PURCHASING ENTITY. (MOTION PASSED)

205 yea · 173 nay38 not voting or present
Democrat61 yea · 168 nay
Republican150 yea · 13 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4164

Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act

Policy area: Education — 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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Reduce federal role”

    model(0.85): Prohibiting federal funds for specific equipment acquisitions restricts federal vocational education programs.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

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

Yea (213)

Nay (182)

Not voting or present (38)

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