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House Roll Call 1196, 95th Congress · July 18, 1978

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 6075, THE BILL AMENDING TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 SO AS TO PROHIBIT JOB DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASES OF PREGNANCY.

376 yea · 43 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat259 yea · 16 nay
Republican116 yea · 26 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6075 ↗

A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.

Policy area: Health — 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.90): Expands employee health benefit protections to include pregnancy coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting employment discrimination based on pregnancy broadens civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:civil rights,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 (377)

Nay (43)

Not voting or present (12)

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