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Senate Roll Call 1253, 94th Congress · September 23, 1976

TO TABLE THE ALLEN AMENDMENT TO S. 2278. THE ALLEN AMENDMENT WOULD CITE THE ACT AS THE TUNNEY-KENNEDY-ABOUREZK CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS' FEES AWARDS ACT OF 1976.

52 yea · 9 nay36 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 3 nay
Republican18 yea · 7 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2278

The Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976

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 RightsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Tabling a symbolic amendment renaming a bill title has no impact on civil rights 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 (54)

Nay (10)

Not voting or present (36)

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