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House Roll Call 216, 116th Congress · May 17, 2019

Equality Act

Question before the chamber: On Passage

236 yea · 173 nayPassed23 not voting or present
Democrat227 yea · 0 nay
Republican9 yea · 171 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5 ↗

Equality Act

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 “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Passage prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, broadening civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • LGBTQ PolicyA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Passage prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, broadening LGBTQ protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:equality act

    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 (236)

Nay (173)

Not voting or present (23)

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