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House roll call 11 · 98th Congress · Mar 2, 1983

To amend H.R. 1310 by replacing the national teaching scholarship program with a one-year scholarship program which would retrain existing teachers to be math o

On Mar 2, 1983, the House voted 138–276 (HR 1310). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–258, Republicans 137–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 98th Congress (1983–1984), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes
138
No
276
Did not vote
23
Date
Mar 2, 1983

By party

  • Republicans137 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
  • Democrats2 yes · 258 no · 12 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

The bill

H.R. 1310: A bill to provide assistance to improve elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in mathematics and science, to provide a national policy for engineering, technical, and scientific personnel, to provide for cost-sharing by the private sector in training such personnel, and for other purposes.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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