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House Roll Call 263, 99th Congress · August 1, 1985

MOTION TO REQUIRE HOUSE CONSIDERATION OF A BILL AUTHORIZING AN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER PAY RATE DISCREPANCIES IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE DUE TO RACE AND/OR SEX DISCRIMINATION. (MOTION PASSED)

292 yea · 133 nay8 not voting or present
Democrat233 yea · 5 nay
Republican56 yea · 128 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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): Studying pay discrimination strengthens efforts to broaden civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword: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 (292)

Nay (133)

Not voting or present (8)

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