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House Roll Call 198, 104th Congress · March 7, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO EXEMPT CIVIL RIGHTS CASES FROM THE MANDATORY SANCTIONS ON ATTORNEYS FOR MAKING FRIVOLOUS ARGUMENTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

194 yea · 229 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat182 yea · 8 nay
Republican11 yea · 221 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 988 ↗

Attorney Accountability Act of 1995

Policy area: Law — 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(0.95): Exempting civil rights cases from mandatory sanctions protects civil rights litigation and broadens protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:civil rights

    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 (194)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (11)

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