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Senate Roll Call 237, 102nd Congress · October 30, 1991

To allow employees of the United States Senate to have access to jury trials and punitive damages on the same basis as such rights and remedies are available to employees in the private sector. — (SENATE TABLED THE NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1291 (TO AMENDMENT NO. 1287), TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO JURY TRIALS AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES ON THE SAME BASIS AS SUCH RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ARE AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

54 yea · 42 nayMotion to Table Agreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 14 nay
Republican15 yea · 27 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 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 “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment granting Senate employees access to jury trials and punitive damages.

    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 (54)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (4)

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