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Amendment barring federal funds for colleges that discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions

Senate vote · S. 937 · On the Amendment · April 22, 2021Equal rights

An amendment to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that would have cut off federal money from colleges that discriminate against Asian American applicants. It needed 60 votes and got 49.

Liberty position: Yea
The Senate voted: 49 Yea, 48 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: A yes vote opposed race-based admissions.

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78 current members of Congress were in the Senate for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 38; 38 Republicans
Against the liberty side: 37; 35 Democrats, 2 Independents
Not counted: 3; 1 Republican, 2 Democrats

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38 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

37 current members voted Nay.

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3 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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