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Senate Roll Call 564, 105th Congress · September 14, 1998

A bill to preserve the balance of rights between employers, employees, and labor organizations which is fundamental to our system of collective bargaining while preserving the rights of workers to organize, or otherwise engage in concerted activities protected under the National Labor Relations Act. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE FAILED TO AGREE TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 1981, TRUTH IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion

52 yea · 42 nayCloture Motion Rejected6 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 40 nay
Republican51 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1981 ↗

Truth in Employment Act

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(0.85): Advancing legislation allowing employers to block union salting prioritizes employer interests.

    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 (52)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (6)

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