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House Roll Call 377, 102nd Congress · November 13, 1991

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE GORDON AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT CONTAINS LANGUAGE KNOWN AS THE "BOND-FORD" COMPROMISE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE LEAVE COVERAGE TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE WORKED 1,250 HOURS (OR 25 HOURS PER WEEK) IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS; REQUIRES 30 DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, RATHER THAN "REASONABLE PRIOR NOTICE"; AND PERMITS EMPLOYERS TO RECOVER HEALTH BENEFITS FROM EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT RETURN TO WORK.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

287 yea · 143 nayAgreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat233 yea · 25 nay
Republican52 yea · 117 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 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 “Worker priority”

    model(0.85): Adopting the Gordon substitute establishes family and medical leave entitlements for employees, advancing worker priority.

    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 (287)

Nay (143)

Not voting or present (4)

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