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Senate Roll Call 662, 96th Congress · May 22, 1980

TO TABLE HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. 2511, CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION, THAT WOULD PREVENT THE COMMISSION FROM ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE EITHER THE U.S. CONGRESS OR THE VARIOUS STATE LEGISLATURES. (MOTION PASSED)

64 yea · 26 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 4 nay
Republican15 yea · 21 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2511

An act to amend section 106 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for the Commission on Civil Rights for the fiscal year 1981.

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(0.85): Tabling amendment restricting lobbying preserves Civil Rights Commission authority.

    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 (65)

Nay (26)

Not voting or present (9)

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