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Senate Roll Call 191, 94th Congress · May 20, 1975

TO AMEND H.R. 5899, MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1975, BY AGREEING TO LESS RESTRICTIVE LANGUAGE (THAN THAT PASSED BY THE HOUSE) ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEW CONCERNING ITS ADMINISTERING OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROVISIONS SET FORTH BY LAW.

51 yea · 38 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat35 yea · 18 nay
Republican16 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5899

Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1976

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — 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(0.85): Removing restrictions on HEW civil rights enforcement broadens civil rights enforcement capability.

    Tagged by: keyword:civil rights

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Civil rights administrative restrictions in an appropriations bill represent a policy issue, not fiscal spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (51)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (10)

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