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House Roll Call 734, 102nd Congress · July 24, 1992

VOTING RIGHTS LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1992 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MCCOLLUM MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE SAME BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT PROVIDING THAT PROHIBITIONS ALSO DO NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT DOES NOT RECEIVE A FEDERAL GRANT TO COVER ALL EXPENSES RESULTING FROM COMPLIANCE; AND DESIGNATES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MAKE SUCH GRANTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

172 yea · 195 nayFailed67 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 177 nay
Republican129 yea · 16 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4312

Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Restrict access”

    model(0.85): A yes vote adopts instructions that restrict or condition bilingual voting assistance requirements.

    Tagged by: keyword:voting rights

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (172)

Nay (195)

Not voting or present (67)

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