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House Roll Call 123, 102nd Congress · June 4, 1991

H.R.1 BY BROOKS (D-TX) -- CIVIL RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1991 (HOUSE REJECTED THE TOWNS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO AUTHORIZE EXPLICITLY UNLIMITED COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR VIOLATIONS OF TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; SETTING A DIFFERENCE IN THE DEFINITION OF "BUSINESS NECESSITY" AS A DEFENSE AGAINST DISPARATE IMPACT PRACTICES; EXCLUDING PROVISIONS IN THE BILL ESTABLISHING A GLASS CEILING COMMISSION, AND A LABOR DEPARTMENT PROGRAM REGARDING PAY EQUITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; EXCLUDING LANGUAGE REGARDING HIRING OR PROMOTION QUOTAS; AND AMENDING EXISTING LAW BANNING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO INCLUDE SEX DISCRIMINATION IN VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF PRIVATE CONTRACTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

152 yea · 277 nayFailed2 not voting or present
Democrat141 yea · 114 nay
Republican9 yea · 162 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1 ↗

Civil Rights and Women's Equity in Employment Act of 1991

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(0.90): Expanding civil rights damage remedies and protections broadens civil rights coverage.

    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 (152)

Nay (277)

Not voting or present (2)

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