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Roll Call Vote #235 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Oct 29, 1991, 11:08 PM (ET)

On the Point of Order S.Amdt. 1287 to S.Amdt. 1274 to S. 1745 (Civil Rights Act of 1991)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1287 (To establish the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices in order to protect the right of Senate employees, with respect to Senate employment, to be free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability, and for other purposes.)

Point of Order Not Sustained (22-76)
22 Yea
76 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 56 senators

6 Yea / 48 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Republican 40 senators

16 Yea / 24 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 22

Nay 76

Not Voting 2

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).