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Senate Roll Call 557, 101st Congress · September 24, 1990

A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the protections given to older individuals in regard to employee benefit plans, and for other purposes. — TO PASS S 1511, OLDER WORKERS BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT, TO AMEND THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1967 TO CLARIFY THE PROTECTIONS GIVEN TO OLDER INDIVIDUALS IN REGARD TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

94 yea · 1 nayBill Passed4 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 0 nay
Republican40 yea · 1 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1511

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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 “Worker priority”

    model(0.95): Passing bill protecting older workers' benefit rights prioritizes worker interests.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Passage broadens protections against age discrimination in employee benefit plans.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    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 (95)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (4)

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