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House Roll Call 376, 102nd Congress · November 13, 1991

H.R.2 BY CLAY (D-MO) -- FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1991 (HOUSE REJECTED THE STENHOLM AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE FOR UP TO SIX YEARS OF UNPAID LEAVE TO EMPLOYEES ON THE OCCASION OF THE BIRTH OR ADOPTION OF A CHILD, WITH NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS; PROVIDE FOR UP TO TWO YEARS OF UNPAID LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES TO CARE FOR SERIOUSLY ILL IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS, ALSO WITH NO CONTINUATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS; PROVIDE THAT RETURNING EMPLOYEES WOULD BE REINSTATED TO THE PREVIOUS JOB IF IT IS AVAILABLE, OR TO THE FIRST EQUIVALENT POSITION TO BECOME AVAILABLE; AND APPLIES THESE PROVISIONS TO ALL EMPLOYERS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

138 yea · 291 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat25 yea · 232 nay
Republican113 yea · 56 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2 ↗

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991

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 “Employer priority”

    model(0.90): Adopting the Stenholm substitute replaces FMLA with weaker leave provisions, prioritizing employers over workers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (138)

Nay (291)

Not voting or present (5)

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