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House Roll Call 126, 102nd Congress · June 5, 1991

H.R.1 BY BROOKS (D-TX) -- CIVIL RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1991 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE BROOKS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT OVERTURNS FIVE 1989 SUPREME COURT CASES; CLARIFYING THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEY FEES IN TITLE VII CASES; PROHIBITING THE USE OF QUOTAS BY EMPLOYERS AS AN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE; PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE OF THE ADJUSTMENT OF TEST SCORES BASED ON RACE, SEX, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN ("RACE NORMING"); PLACING A CAP OF $150,000 ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN TITLE VII CASES, OR THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES; AND REVISING THE STANDARD OF "BUSINESS NECESSITY" FOR BUSINESS TO JUSTIFY AN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE HAVING A DISCRIMINATORY IMPACT.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

264 yea · 166 nayAgreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat237 yea · 19 nay
Republican25 yea · 146 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(0.95): Adopting a substitute that restores and broadens civil rights protections moves toward the high pole.

    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 (264)

Nay (166)

Not voting or present (1)

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