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Senate Roll Call 233, 102nd Congress · October 29, 1991

To provide for a limit on attorney contingency fees, disclosure and estimate of such fees, a private right of action, and hourly rate right under the provisions of the Act. — (SENATE TABLED THE MCCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 1282 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1274, TO PROVIDE FOR A LIMIT ON ATTORNEY CONTINGENCY FEES, DISCLOSURE AND ESTIMATE OF SUCH FEES, A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION, AND HOURLY RATE RIGHT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

68 yea · 30 nayMotion to Table Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 4 nay
Republican16 yea · 26 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1745 ↗

Civil Rights 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(0.85): Tabling kills a restriction on attorney contingency fees, preserving legal remedies for plaintiffs.

    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 (68)

Nay (30)

Not voting or present (2)

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