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Senate Roll Call 801, 104th Congress · July 10, 1996

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions of Federal law that require employees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, and for other purposes. — S.1788 BY FAIRCLOTH (R-NC) -- NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK ACT OF 1995 (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 1788, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT TO REPEAL THOSE PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO PAY UNION DUES OR FEES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

31 yea · 68 nayCloture Motion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 47 nay
Republican31 yea · 19 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1788 ↗

National Right to Work Act of 1995

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Employer priority”

    model(0.90): Advancing right-to-work legislation restricting mandatory union dues aligns with employer priority.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

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

Yea (31)

Nay (68)

Not voting or present (1)

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