Senate Roll Call 123, 96th Congress · June 7, 1979

TO TABLE THE HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. 721, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION, THAT RESTRICTS BUSING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN UNDER VOLUNTARY DESEGREGATION PLANS WHEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OIL IMPORTS EQUAL OR EXCEED 40% OF THAT YEAR'S TOTAL U.S. OIL CONSUMPTION. (MOTION PASSED)

49 yea · 46 nay5 not voting or present

Democrat34 yea · 22 nay

Republican15 yea · 23 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for the United States Commission on Civil Rights for fiscal year 1980.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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(0.90): Tabling an amendment restricting desegregation busing preserves 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 (49)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (5)

Howard Henry Baker Jr.Did not vote
John Hubbard ChafeeDid not vote
John Chester CulverDid not vote
Walter Darlington HuddlestonDid not vote
Robert William PackwoodDid not vote

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