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House recorded vote (96th Congress) · May 22, 1979
H.R. 4011

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 4011, A BILL TO AMEND THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT, BY LIMITING GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS TO STATE GOVERNMENTS OR AGENCIES. (MOTION FAILED)

Amendment
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 4011

May 22, 1979 · TO AMEND H.R. 4011, A BILL TO AMEND THE SMALL… · 174–232 May 22, 1979 · TO PASS H.R. 4011, A BILL TO AMEND THE SMALL … · 398–5
The map

How each state's members voted

In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 31 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 6 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 5 yes, 3 no
  10. Illinois: 12 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 7 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 14 yes, 23 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 11 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 3 yes, 3 no
  21. Indiana: 10 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 15 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 16 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 8 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 5 no
  26. California: 18 yes, 25 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 3 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 4 no
  33. Virginia: 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 5 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 3 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 5 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 4 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 5 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 9 no
  42. South Carolina: 3 yes, 3 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 4 yes, 2 no
  45. Louisiana: 7 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 3 no
  47. Alabama: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 4 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
  50. Texas: 15 yes, 9 no
  51. Florida: 5 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 18 yes, 25 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 14 yes, 23 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 435 members

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