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Senate Roll Call 204, 98th Congress · July 18, 1983

TO TABLE THE STAFFORD AMENDMENT TO S. 675 TO EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE DEFENSE DEPENDENTS EDUCATION SYSTEM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIS AMENDENT PROVIDES CONTINUED AUTHORITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF DOD DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS, AS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION ACT. THIS AMENDMENT ALSO POSTPONES THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFER UNTIL MAY 4, 1986. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 11

42 yea · 50 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 37 nay
Republican36 yea · 13 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 675 ↗

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Transferring administration of military dependents schools is an administrative educational matter.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

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

Yea (42)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (8)

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