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J. Maxwell Cleland on Civil Rights

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Civil Rights5 votes · 25.9/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

7 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Civil Rights. 5 of them counted toward the score above: 2 toward “Broaden protections” and 3 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 2 did not count: 2 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2002-02-26To amend the short title to read ?Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001".S. 565 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2001-09-13To express the sense of the Senate regarding discrimination against Arab Americans.H.R. 2500 · 107th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2001-07-25To prevent discrimination, in the application of truck safety standards, against Mexico by imposing any requirements on a Mexican motor carrier that seeks to operate in the United States that do not exist with regard to United States and Canadian motor carriers.H.R. 2299 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaNarrow protections
2000-07-20To provide increased funding for the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration for investigations of anticompetitive behavior, rapid response teams, the Hog Contract Library, examinations of the competitive structure of the poultry industry, civil rights activities, and information staff, with an offset.H.R. 4461 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaNarrow protections
2000-07-17To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.H.R. 4810 · 106th Congress · On the MotionYeaBroaden protections
2000-06-29To prohibit health discrimination on the basis of genetic information or genetic services.H.R. 4577 · 106th Congress · On the AmendmentNayNarrow protections
1998-03-06To require that Federal surface transportation funds be used to encourage development and outreach to emerging business enterprises, including those owned by minorities and women, and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment based on race, color, national origin, or sex, with respect to use of those funds, in compliance with the equal protection provisions of the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitiution. — (SENATE TABLED MCCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 1708 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1676, TO REQUIRE THAT FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS BE USED TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH TO EMERGING BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING THOSE OWNED BY MINORITIES AND WOMEN, AND TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR SEX, WITH RESPECT TO USE OF THOSE FUNDS, IN COMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL PROTECTION PROVISIONS OF THE FIFTH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.)S. 1173 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaBroaden protections

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Broaden protections / Narrow protections axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.