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Senate Roll Call 616, 101st Congress · October 24, 1990

A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, and for other purposes. — TO PASS, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO, OF S 2104, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990, TO AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TO RESTORE AND STRENGTHEN CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS THAT BAN DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT. (REJECTED; TWO- THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN FAVOR.)

Question before the chamber: On Overriding the Veto

66 yea · 34 nayVeto Sustained
Democrat54 yea · 0 nay
Republican10 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 “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Overriding a veto to pass the bill strengthens civil rights protections against employment discrimination.

    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 (66)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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