Ralph M. Hall on Civil Rights

RepublicanTX

Civil Rights99 votes · 43.4/100 consistent

Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

207 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Civil Rights. 99 of them counted toward the score above: 50 toward “Broaden protections” and 49 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 108 did not count: 103 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 5 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1983-08-04	TO AMEND H.R. 2230, A BILL AMENDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957 TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. THE EDWARDS AMENDMENT EXTENDS THE COMMISSION FOR FIVE RATHER THAN 15 YEARS AS PROVIDED UNDER THE BILL. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2230 · 98th Congress	Yea	Narrow protections
1983-05-17	TO AGREE TO S. J. RES. 51, DESIGNATING MAY 21, 1983 AS "ANDREI SAKHAROV DAY". (MOTION PASSED)S.J.Res. 51 · 98th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1982-03-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3345, A BILL MAKING TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES IN THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK LAWS AND IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 3345 · 97th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1982-03-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. J. RES. 373, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOVIET UNION SHOULD RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION AND TO EMIGRATE,AND THAT THESE MATTERS SHOULD BE AMONG THE ISSUES RAISED AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT GENEVA IN FEB. 1982. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.J.Res. 373 · 97th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1981-12-10	TO PASS S.CON.RES.50, REAFFIRMING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982, 1983 AND 1984. (MOTION PASSED)H.Con.Res. 50 · 97th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1981-09-15	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO H. CON. RES. 153, TO AUTHORIZE A BUST OR STATUE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, TO BE PLACED IN THE CAPITOL. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Con.Res. 153 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-04-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 55, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS (1981). (MOTION AGREED TO; 2/3 REQUIRED)H.Con.Res. 55 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable

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.