House Roll Call 787, 98th Congress · July 26, 1984

TO AGREE TO THE COATS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 11, AS AMENDED. THE COATS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NO STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SHALL DENY INDIVIDUALS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN MOMENTS OF SILENT PRAYER NOR SHALL THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REQUIRE ANY PERSON TO PARTICIPATE IN PRAYER OR INFLUENCE THE FORM OR CONTENT OF ANY PRAYER IN SUCH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (MOTION PASSED)

356 yea · 50 nay26 not voting or present

Democrat201 yea · 46 nay

Republican154 yea · 3 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 11 ↗

Education Amendments of 1984

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 “Expand federal role”
model(0.85): A yes vote establishes federal policy regulating prayer in local public schools.
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 (357)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (26)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.Did not vote
Eugene A. ChappieDid not vote
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr.Did not vote
James Andrew CourterDid not vote
William Edwin DannemeyerDid not vote
Joseph Daniel EarlyDid not vote
Geraldine Anne FerraroDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote
Phil GrammDid not vote
George Vernon HansenDid not vote
Charles Floyd HatcherDid not vote
Carroll Hubbard Jr.Did not vote
Ed JonesDid not vote
Meldon Edises LevineDid not vote
David Daniel MarriottDid not vote
Stephen Lybrook NealDid not vote
Joel McFee PritchardDid not vote
Matthew John RinaldoDid not vote
Daniel David RostenkowskiDid not vote
E. Clay Shaw Jr.Did not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Fernand Joseph St. GermainDid not vote
Robert StumpDid not vote
Gene TaylorDid not vote
Jamie Lloyd WhittenDid not vote

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