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House Roll Call 754, 106th Congress · May 8, 2000

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the necessity to expedite the settlement process for discrimination claims against the Department of Agriculture brought by African-American farmers — H CON RES 296 QUESTION: ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE NECESSITY TO EXPEDITE THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS FOR DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BROUGHT BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN FARMERS

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

216 yea · 180 nayFailed39 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 179 nay
Republican199 yea · 0 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 296

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the necessity to expedite the settlement process for discrimination claims against the Department of Agriculture brought by African-American farmers.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food — 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 (0.95) Non-binding sense-of-the-chamber resolution regarding discrimination settlements.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    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 (216)

Nay (180)

Not voting or present (39)

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