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House Roll Call 590, 99th Congress · June 17, 1986

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 2798, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF THE STATUS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OR AS MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT HAVING VOTED IN FAVOR.)

409 yea · 0 nay24 not voting or present
Democrat232 yea · 0 nay
Republican174 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2798 ↗

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in employment because of the status of certain individuals as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces or as a member of the National Guard.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.75): Protecting military reservists from job discrimination supports military personnel readiness.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting employment discrimination against reservists broadens 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 (409)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (24)

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