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House Roll Call 317, 99th Congress · October 9, 1985

AN AMENDMENT TO H R 3008 FEDERAL PAY EQUITY INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE TO THE BILL. THE AMENDMENT CREATES A 15 MEMBER COMMISSION THAT JUDGES WHETHER FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMPLY WITH THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938, AND WITH TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. (MOTION FAILED)

142 yea · 277 nay11 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 234 nay
Republican142 yea · 42 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3008 ↗

Federal Equitable Pay Practices Act of 1985

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(0.80): Creating a commission to monitor Title VII compliance broadens civil rights enforcement.

    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 (144)

Nay (279)

Not voting or present (11)

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