Ben Sasse on Civil Rights

RepublicanNE

Civil Rights5 votes · 66.7/100 consistent

Broaden protectionsNarrow protections

18 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Civil Rights. 5 of them counted toward the score above: 1 toward “Broaden protections” and 4 toward “Narrow protections”.

The other 13 did not count: 8 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
2022-12-22	To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.H.R. 2617 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Narrow protections
2022-11-29	A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2022-11-29	To eliminate a private right of action.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2022-11-29	To improve the bill.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2022-11-29	To improve the bill.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2022-11-28	A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2022-11-17	A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2022-11-16	A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2021-10-20	Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of EducationPN572 · 117th Congress · On the Nomination	Nay	Direction not readable
2021-10-20	Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of EducationPN572 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2021-10-07	Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of EducationPN572 · 117th Congress · On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	Direction not readable
2021-06-08	A bill to 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, and for other purposes.H.R. 7 · 117th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Narrow protections
2019-06-04	A resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States.S.Res. 212 · 116th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2019-01-17	A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.S. 109 · 116th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2018-06-07	Kenneth L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of EducationPN1393 · 115th Congress · On the Nomination	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-07-14	To end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools.S. 1177 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Narrow protections
2015-03-24	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to amending the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to allow for punitive damages, limit the any factor "other than sex" exception, and prohibit retaliation against employees who share salary information.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Narrow protections
2015-03-24	To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to promoting equal pay, which may include preventing discrimination on the basis of sex and preventing retaliation against employees for seeking or discussing wage information.S.Con.Res. 11 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	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.