House Roll Call 627, 98th Congress · May 15, 1984

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5345, A BILL PROVIDING THAT NO FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL FUNDS MAY BE OBLIGATED OR EXPENDED TO ANY STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY WHICH DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ANY STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHO WISH TO MEET VOLUNTARILY FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. (MOTION FAILED;2/3 REQUIRED)

270 yea · 151 nay9 not voting or present

Democrat119 yea · 133 nay

Republican152 yea · 17 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5345 ↗

Equal Access Act

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 RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”
model(0.90): Prohibits discrimination against student religious groups, expanding protections.
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 (272)

Nay (152)

Not voting or present (9)

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