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Senate Roll Call 501, 101st Congress · July 31, 1990

To protect the rights of workers to choose whether their collective bargaining dues or any other payment required as a condition of employment shall be used for political purposes. — TO AMEND THE BOREN (D, OK) SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO S 137, CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT, TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DUES OR ANY OTHER PAYMENT REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE USED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

41 yea · 59 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat1 yea · 53 nay
Republican40 yea · 4 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 137

Senate Election Campaign Ethics Act of 1990

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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.85): Restricting union political spending weakens organized labor, aligning with employer priorities.

    Tagged by: keyword:collective bargaining

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (41)

Nay (59)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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