John F. Kerry on Civil Rights

DemocratMA

Civil Rights78 votes · 56.8/100 consistent

Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

110 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Civil Rights. 78 of them counted toward the score above: 63 toward “Broaden protections” and 15 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 32 did not count: 31 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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
1988-01-28	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO ALLOW INSTITUTION-WIDE APPLICATION OF THE ACT IN EDUCATION, BUT TO RETAIN PREVIOUS COVERAGE FOR ALL OTHER ENTITIES.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Nay	Broaden protections
1988-01-28	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY FEDERALLY-FUNDED INDIVIDUAL, PROGRAM, OR INSTITUTION TO PERFORM OR PAY FOR AN ABORTION.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Nay	Broaden protections
1988-01-28	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO CLARIFY THAT NO PART OF THE LEGISLATION REQUIRES ANY INDIVIDUAL, PROGRAM, OR INSTITUTION TO PAY FOR OR PERFORM AN ABORTION.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Yea	Narrow protections
1988-01-28	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO EXPAND THE "RELIGIOUS TENETS" EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH, NOT JUST CONTROLLED BY, SUCH TENETS.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Nay	Broaden protections
1988-01-27	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO RESTRICT COVERAGE TO ONLY THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND NOT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Nay	Broaden protections
1988-01-27	TO AMEND S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO RESTRICT COVERAGE OF THE ACT TO ONLY THOSE PARTS OF A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Nay	Broaden protections
1988-01-27	TO TABLE THE SYMMS, ID AMENDMENT TO S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, TO RESCIND A PROVISION PERMITTING TEMPORARY OWNERSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE SAME CITY.S. 557 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-30	TO TABLE THE HELMS, NC AMENDMENT TO HR 2713, THE FISCAL 1988 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATION, WHICH WOULD CURTAIL FUNDING UNLESS A LOCAL LAW PROHIBITING INSURANCE COMPANY DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE AIDS VIRUS IS REPEALED.H.R. 2713 · 100th Congress	Yea	Broaden protections
1986-08-01	TO TABLE THE HELMS, NC)-DENTON, AL) AMENDMENT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO HJ RES 668, THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT INCREASE BILL. THE HELMS-DENTON AMENDMENT WOULD VOID DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAW 6-170 (THE PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE ACT OF 1986) BANNING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS CAUSING ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS), EFFECTIVE FROM JUNE 6, 1986.99th Congress	Yea	Broaden protections
1985-09-10	TO TABLE, S 47, A BILL TO PREVENT FEDERAL COURTS, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT, FROM DECIDING CASES INVOLVING SCHOOL PRAYER.S. 47 · 99th Congress	Yea	Broaden 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.