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Senate Roll Call 472, 101st Congress · July 18, 1990

In the nature of a substitute. — TO AMEND THE KENNEDY (D, MA) SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO S 2104, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990, TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE STATING THAT NOTHING IN THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO ADOPT HIRING OR PROMOTIONAL QUOTAS OR TO AFFECT COURT ORDERED REMEDIES, CONCILIATION AGREEMENTS OR OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

65 yea · 34 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat54 yea · 0 nay
Republican9 yea · 34 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2104 ↗

Civil Rights 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 “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Adding anti-quota language narrows the scope and enforcement powers of the civil rights bill.

    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 (65)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (1)

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