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Senate Roll Call 545, 101st Congress · September 12, 1990

To permit organizations in D.C. to exclude any person who has been convicted of a sex offense with a child or who based on his conduct otherwise poses a threat of engaging in sex with a minor or otherwise sexually abusing a minor, and to exclude a person in a program from working with a child if the parent or guardian of that child objects to that person's sexual orientation. — TO AMEND HR 5311, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1991, TO PERMIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO EXCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A SEX OFFENSE WITH A CHILD OR WHO BASED ON HIS CONDUCT OTHERWISE POSES A THREAT OF ENGAGING IN SEX WITH A MINOR OR OTHERWISE SEXUALLY ABUSING A MINOR, AND TO EXCLUDE A PERSON IN A PROGRAM FROM WORKING WITH A CHILD IF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THAT CHILD OBJECTS TO THAT PERSON'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

98 yea · 0 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 0 nay
Republican43 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5311

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991

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.

  • LGBTQ PolicyA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.95): Permitting exclusion based on sexual orientation narrows LGBTQ anti-discrimination protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:sexual orientation

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Policy rider regarding exclusion of individuals is unrelated to spending or budget policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations act,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 (98)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (2)

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