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House Roll Call 534, 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 BARTLETT AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF FUNDS TO MAINTAIN EXISTING PROGRAMS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. (MOTION FAILED)

60 yea · 313 nay58 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 221 nay
Republican60 yea · 90 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 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): Restricting funding for existing vocational programs reduces federal program support.

    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 (61)

Nay (314)

Not voting or present (58)

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