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Senate Roll Call 655, 100th Congress · July 8, 1988

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE TO UPHOLD THE RULING OF THE CHAIR THAT THE ARMSTRONG, CO AMENDMENT TO HR 4776, FISCAL 1989 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, WAS IN ORDER. THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT EXEMPTED LOCAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM LOCAL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

42 yea · 41 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 6 nay
Republican3 yea · 35 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4776 ↗

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1989

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Reconsidering a procedural ruling of the chair is floor procedure.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • LGBTQ PolicyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Reconsidering a procedural ruling of the chair is floor procedure.

    Tagged by: keyword:sexual orientation

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Reconsidering a procedural ruling of the chair is floor procedure.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (46)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (13)

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