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Senate Roll Call 235, 102nd Congress · October 29, 1991

To establish the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in order to protect the right of Senate employees, with respect to Senate employment, to be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, and for other purposes. — (SENATE REJECTED A CONSTITUTIONAL POINT OF ORDER THAT GRASSLEY MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1287 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1274, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF SENATE EMPLOYEES, WITH RESPECT TO SENATE EMPLOYMENT, TO BE FREE OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE OR DISABILITY, PROPOSED AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTRUSION INTO THE AFFAIRS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Point of Order

22 yea · 76 nayPoint of Order Not Sustained2 not voting or present
Democrat6 yea · 48 nay
Republican16 yea · 26 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 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 RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A vote on a constitutional point of order is a floor procedure decision.

    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 (22)

Nay (76)

Not voting or present (2)

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