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Senate Roll Call 422, 101st Congress · June 6, 1990

A bill to establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. — TO TABLE THE HELMS (R, NC) MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES TO AGREE TO LANGUAGE IN THE CHAPMAN (D, TX) AMENDMENT TO S 933, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES, TO ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO REFUSE TO ASSIGN WORKERS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES TO FOOD HANDLING JOBS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

40 yea · 53 nayMotion to Table Failed6 not voting or present
Democrat33 yea · 18 nay
Republican6 yea · 35 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 933 ↗

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues — 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 RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.90): Tabling a motion to restrict disability protections preserves broader civil rights coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

Who voted which way

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

Yea (41)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (6)

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