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Senate Roll Call 384, 95th Congress · September 16, 1977

TO AMEND S. 995 BY IMPOSING A SIX WEEK LIMIT ON THE PERIOD OF DISABILITY PAYMENTS FOR CHILDBIRTH OR OTHER RELATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

13 yea · 72 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 51 nay
Republican11 yea · 22 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 995

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

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 “Narrow protections”

    model(0.90): Imposing a six-week limit on disability payments narrows civil rights protections for childbirth.

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

    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 (13)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (13)

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