Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. CASTOR: The march towards equality under the law for all of our citizens has sometimes been slow, but it has been steady. Over time, Congress has outlawed discrimination in the workplace, based upon a person's race, gender, age, national origin, religion and disability, because when it comes to employment, these decisions are rightly based upon a person's qualifications and job performance. This legislation that outlaws job discrimination based upon
Democrats voting on 2007-1057 | ||
| Neil Abercrombie | YES | Hawaii Democrat |
| Gary Ackerman | YES | New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam. |
| Rodney Alexander | NO | Louisiana Democrat |
| Tom Allen | YES | Maine Democrat |
| Jason Altmire | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Rob Andrews | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Michael Arcuri | YES | New York Democrat |
| Joe Baca | YES | California Democrat |
| Brian Baird | YES | Washington Democrat |
| Tammy Baldwin | YES | Wisconsin Democrat |
| John Barrow | NO | Georgia Democrat |
| Melissa Bean | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Xavier Becerra | YES | California Democrat |
| Shelley Berkley | YES | Nevada Democrat |
| Howard Berman | YES | California Democrat |
| Marion Berry | NO | Arkansas Democrat |
| Sanford Bishop | YES | Georgia Democrat |
| Timothy Bishop | YES | New York Democrat |
| Earl Blumenauer | YES | Oregon Democrat |
| Leonard Boswell | YES | Iowa Democrat |
| Rick Boucher | YES | Virginia Democrat |
| Nancy Boyda | YES | Kansas Democrat |
| Robert Brady | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Corrine Brown | YES | Florida Democrat |
| G.K. Butterfield | YES | North Carolina Democrat |
| Lois Capps | YES | California Democrat |
| Michael Capuano | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Dennis Cardoza | YES | California Democrat |
| Russ Carnahan | YES | Missouri Democrat |
| Chris Carney | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Kathy Castor | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Ben Chandler | YES | Kentucky Democrat |
| Yvette Clarke | NO | New York Democrat |
| William Lacy Clay | YES | Missouri Democrat |
| Emmanuel Cleaver | YES | Missouri Democrat |
| James Clyburn | YES | South Carolina Democrat |
| Steve Cohen | YES | Tennessee Democrat |
| John Conyers | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| Jim Cooper | YES | Tennessee Democrat |
| Jim Costa | YES | California Democrat |
| Joe Courtney | YES | Connecticut Democrat |
| Bud Cramer | NO | Alabama Democrat |
| Joseph Crowley | YES | New York Democrat |
| Henry Cuellar | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Elijah Cummings | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| Artur Davis | NO | Alabama Democrat |
| Danny Davis | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Lincoln Davis | NO | Tennessee Democrat |
| Susan Davis | YES | California Democrat |
| Peter Defazio | YES | Oregon Democrat |
| Diana DeGette | YES | Colorado Democrat |
| Bill Delahunt | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Rosa DeLauro | YES | Connecticut Democrat |
| Norm Dicks | YES | Washington Democrat |
| John Dingell | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| Lloyd Doggett | YES | Texas Democrat (Re-elected 2006) |
| Joe Donnelly | YES | Indiana Democrat |
| Mike Doyle | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Chet Edwards | NO | Texas Democrat (Until 2004) |
| Keith Ellison | YES | Minnesota Democrat |
| Brad Ellsworth | YES | Indiana Democrat |
| Rahm Emanuel | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Eliot Engel | YES | New York Democrat/Liberal |
| Anna Eshoo | YES | California Democrat |
| Bob Etheridge | YES | North Carolina Democrat |
| Sam Farr | YES | California Democrat |
| Chaka Fattah | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Bob Filner | YES | California Democrat |
| Barney Frank | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | YES | New York Democrat |
| Charles Gonzalez | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Bart Gordon | NO | Tennessee Democrat |
| Al Green | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Gene Green | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Raul Grijalva | YES | Arizona Democrat |
| Luis Gutierrez | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| John Hall | YES | New York Democrat |
| Ralph Moody Hall | NO | Texas Democrat |
| Phil Hare | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Jane Harman | YES | California Democrat |
| Alcee Hastings | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Stephanie Herseth | YES | South Dakota Democratic Challenger |
| Brian Higgins | YES | New York Democrat |
| Maurice Hinchey | YES | New York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam. |
| Ruben Hinojosa | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Mazie Hirono | YES | Hawaii Democrat |
| Paul Hodes | YES | New Hampshire Democrat |
| Tim Holden | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Rush Holt | NO | New Jersey Democrat |
| Mike Honda | YES | California Democrat |
| Darlene Hooley | YES | Oregon Democrat |
| Steny Hoyer | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| Jay Inslee | YES | Washington Democrat |
| Steve Israel | YES | New York Democrat |
| Jesse Louis Jackson | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Hank Johnson | YES | Georgia Democrat |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| Steve Kagen | YES | Wisconsin Democrat |
| Paul Kanjorski | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Marcy Kaptur | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| Dale Kildee | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| Ron Kind | YES | Wisconsin Democrat |
| Ron Klein | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Dennis Kucinich | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| Nicholas Lampson | NO | Texas Democrat (Re-elected 2006) |
| James Langevin | YES | Rhode Island Democrat |
| Rick Larsen | YES | Washington Democrat |
| John Larson | YES | Connecticut Democrat |
| Barbara Lee | YES | California Democrat |
| Sander Levin | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| John Lewis | YES | Georgia Democrat |
| Dan Lipinski | NO | Illinois Democrat |
| David Loebsack | YES | Iowa Democrat |
| Zoe Lofgren | YES | California Democrat |
| Nita Lowey | YES | New York Democrat |
| Steve Lynch | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Tim Mahoney | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Carolyn Maloney | YES | New York Democrat/Liberal |
| Ed Markey | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Jim Marshall | NO | Georgia Democrat |
| Jim Matheson | YES | Utah Democrat |
| Doris Matsui | YES | California Democrat |
| Carolyn McCarthy | YES | New York Dem./Ind./Working-Families |
| Betty McCollum | YES | Minnesota Democrat |
| Jim McDermott | YES | Washington Democrat |
| Jim McGovern | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Mike McIntyre | NO | North Carolina Democrat |
| Jerry McNerney | YES | California Democrat |
| Michael McNulty | YES | New York Democratic/Ind./Cons. |
| Kendrick Meek | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Gregory Meeks | YES | New York Dem./Working-Families |
| Charles Melancon | NO | Louisiana Democrat |
| Michael Michaud | NO | Maine Democrat |
| Brad Miller | YES | North Carolina Democrat |
| George Miller | YES | California Democrat |
| Harry Mitchell | YES | Arizona Democrat |
| Alan Mollohan | YES | West Virginia Democrat |
| Dennis Moore | YES | Kansas Democrat |
| Gwen Moore | YES | Wisconsin Democrat |
| James Moran | YES | Virginia Democrat |
| Chris Murphy | YES | Connecticut Democrat |
| Patrick Murphy | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| John Murtha | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Jerrold Nadler | NO | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families |
| Grace Napolitano | YES | California Democrat |
| Richard Neal | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| David Obey | YES | Wisconsin Democrat |
| Solomon Ortiz | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Frank Pallone | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Bill Pascrell | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Ed Pastor | YES | Arizona Democrat |
| Donald Payne | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Nancy Pelosi | YES | California Democrat |
| Ed Perlmutter | YES | Colorado Democrat |
| Collin Peterson | YES | Minnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor |
| Earl Pomeroy | YES | North Dakota Democrat |
| David Eugene Price | YES | North Carolina Democrat |
| Nick Rahall | NO | West Virginia Democrat |
| Charles Rangel | YES | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families |
| Silvestre Reyes | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Laura Richardson | YES | California Democrat |
| Ciro Rodriguez | YES | Texas Democrat |
| Steven Rothman | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | YES | California Democrat |
| Dutch Ruppersberger | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| Tim Ryan | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| John Salazar | YES | Colorado Democrat |
| Linda Sanchez | YES | California Democrat |
| Loretta Sanchez | YES | California Democrat |
| John Sarbanes | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| Jan Schakowsky | YES | Illinois Democrat |
| Adam Schiff | YES | California Democrat |
| Allyson Schwartz | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Bobby Scott | YES | Virginia Democrat |
| David Scott | YES | Georgia Democrat |
| Jose Serrano | YES | New York Democrat/Liberal |
| Joe Sestak | YES | Pennsylvania Democrat |
| Carol Shea-Porter | YES | New Hampshire Democrat |
| Brad Sherman | YES | California Democrat |
| Heath Shuler | NO | North Carolina Democrat |
| Albio Sires | YES | New Jersey Democrat |
| Ike Skelton | NO | Missouri Democrat |
| Louise Slaughter | YES | New York Democrat |
| Vic Snyder | YES | Arkansas Democrat |
| Hilda Solis | YES | California Democrat |
| Zack Space | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| John Spratt | YES | South Carolina Democrat |
| Pete Stark | YES | California Democrat |
| Bart Stupak | YES | Michigan Democrat |
| Betty Sutton | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| John Tanner | NO | Tennessee Democrat |
| Ellen Tauscher | YES | California Democrat |
| Gene Taylor | NO | Mississippi Democrat |
| Bennie Thompson | YES | Mississippi Democrat |
| Mike Thompson | YES | California Democrat |
| John Tierney | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Ed Towns | NO | New York Democrat/Liberal |
| Niki Tsongas | YES | Massachusetts Democrat |
| Mark Udall | YES | Colorado Democrat |
| Tom Udall | YES | New Mexico Democrat |
| Chris Van Hollen | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| Nydia Velazquez | NO | New York Democrat/Working-Families |
| Peter Visclosky | YES | Indiana Democrat |
| Tim Walz | YES | Minnesota Democrat |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Maxine Waters | YES | California Democrat |
| Diane Watson | YES | California Democrat |
| Mel Watt | YES | North Carolina Democrat |
| Henry Waxman | YES | California Democrat |
| Anthony Weiner | NO | New York Democrat/Liberal |
| Peter Welch | YES | Vermont Democrat |
| Robert Wexler | YES | Florida Democrat |
| Charlie Wilson | YES | Ohio Democrat |
| Lynn Woolsey | YES | California Democrat |
| David Wu | YES | Oregon Democrat |
| Albert Wynn | YES | Maryland Democrat |
| John Yarmuth | YES | Kentucky Democrat |
Republicans voting on 2007-1057 | ||
| Robert Aderholt | NO | Alabama Republican |
| Todd Akin | NO | Missouri Republican |
| Michele Bachmann | NO | Minnesota Republican |
| Spencer Bachus | NO | Alabama Republican |
| Richard Hugh Baker | NO | Louisiana Republican |
| Gresham Barrett | NO | South Carolina Republican |
| Roscoe Bartlett | NO | Maryland Republican |
| Joe Linus Barton | NO | Texas Republican |
| Judy Biggert | YES | Illinois Republican |
| Brian Bilbray | NO | California Republican (re-elected 2006) |
| Gus Bilirakis | NO | Florida Republican |
| Rob Bishop | NO | Utah Republican |
| Marsha Blackburn | NO | Tennessee Republican |
| Roy Blunt | NO | Missouri Republican |
| John Boehner | NO | Ohio Republican |
| Jo Bonner | NO | Alabama Republican |
| Mary Bono | YES | California Republican |
| John Boozman | NO | Arkansas Republican |
| Charles Boustany | NO | Louisiana Republican |
| Kevin Brady | NO | Texas Republican |
| Paul Broun | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Henry Brown | NO | South Carolina Republican |
| Ginny Brown-Waite | NO | Florida Republican |
| Vern Buchanan | NO | Florida Republican |
| Michael Burgess | NO | Texas Republican |
| Dan Burton | NO | Indiana Republican |
| Ken Calvert | NO | California Republican |
| Dave Camp | NO | Michigan Republican |
| John Campbell | YES | California Republican |
| Chris Cannon | NO | Utah Republican |
| Eric Cantor | NO | Virginia Republican |
| Shelley Moore Capito | NO | West Virginia Republican |
| John Carter | NO | Texas Republican |
| Michael Castle | YES | Delaware Republican |
| Steve Chabot | NO | Ohio Republican |
| John Howard Coble | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| Tom Cole | NO | Oklahoma Republican |
| Mike Conaway | NO | Texas Republican |
| Ander Crenshaw | NO | Florida Republican |
| John Culberson | NO | Texas Republican |
| David Davis | NO | Tennessee Republican |
| Geoff Davis | NO | Kentucky Republican |
| Tom Davis | YES | Virginia Republican |
| Nathan Deal | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Charles Dent | YES | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | YES | Florida Republican |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | YES | Florida Republican |
| John Doolittle | NO | California Republican |
| Thelma Drake | NO | Virginia Republican |
| David Dreier | YES | California Republican |
| Jimmy Duncan | NO | Tennessee Republican |
| Vernon Ehlers | NO | Michigan Republican |
| Jo Ann Emerson | NO | Missouri Republican |
| Phil English | YES | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Terry Everett | NO | Alabama Republican |
| Mary Fallin | NO | Oklahoma Republican |
| Tom Feeney | NO | Florida Republican |
| Mike Ferguson | NO | New Jersey Republican |
| Jeff Flake | YES | Arizona Republican |
| Randy Forbes | NO | Virginia Republican |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NO | Nebraska Republican |
| Vito Fossella | YES | New York Rep./Cons./Right-To-Life |
| Virginia Foxx | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| Trent Franks | NO | Arizona Republican |
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | YES | New Jersey Republican |
| Elton Gallegly | NO | California Republican |
| Scott Garrett | NO | New Jersey Republican |
| Jim Gerlach | YES | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Wayne Gilchrest | YES | Maryland Republican |
| Phil Gingrey | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Louie Gohmert | NO | Texas Republican |
| Virgil Goode | NO | Virginia Republican |
| Bob Goodlatte | NO | Virginia Republican |
| Kay Granger | NO | Texas Republican |
| Samuel Graves | NO | Missouri Republican |
| Denny Hastert | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Doc Hastings | NO | Washington Republican |
| Robin Hayes | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| Dean Heller | NO | Nevada Republican |
| Jeb Hensarling | NO | Texas Republican |
| Wally Herger | NO | California Republican |
| Dave Hobson | YES | Ohio Republican |
| Peter Hoekstra | NO | Michigan Republican |
| Kenny Hulshof | NO | Missouri Republican |
| Duncan Hunter | NO | California Republican |
| Bob Inglis | NO | South Carolina Republican |
| Darrell Issa | NO | California Republican |
| Sam Johnson | NO | Texas Republican |
| Timothy Johnson | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Walter Beaman Jones | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| Jim Jordan | NO | Ohio Republican |
| Ric Keller | NO | Florida Republican |
| Peter King | NO | New York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life |
| Steve King | NO | Iowa Republican |
| Jack Kingston | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Mark Kirk | YES | Illinois Republican |
| John Kline | NO | Minnesota Republican |
| Joe Knollenberg | YES | Michigan Republican |
| Randy Kuhl | YES | New York Republican |
| Doug Lamborn | NO | Colorado Republican |
| Tom Latham | NO | Iowa Republican |
| Steven LaTourette | NO | Ohio Republican |
| Jerry Lewis | NO | California Republican |
| Ron Lewis | NO | Kentucky Republican |
| John Linder | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Frank LoBiondo | YES | New Jersey Republican |
| Frank Dean Lucas | NO | Oklahoma Republican |
| Dan Lungren | NO | California Republican |
| Connie Mack IV | NO | Florida Republican |
| Donald Manzullo | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Kenny Marchant | NO | Texas Republican |
| Kevin McCarthy | NO | California Republican |
| Michael McCaul | NO | Texas Republican |
| Thad McCotter | YES | Michigan Republican |
| Jim McCrery | YES | Louisiana Republican |
| Patrick McHenry | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| John McHugh | YES | New York Republican/Conservative |
| Buck McKeon | NO | California Republican |
| Cathy McMorris-Rodgers | NO | Washington Republican |
| John Mica | NO | Florida Republican |
| Candice Miller | YES | Michigan Republican |
| Gary Miller | NO | California Republican |
| Jeff Miller | NO | Florida Republican |
| Jerry Moran | NO | Kansas Republican |
| Tim Murphy | NO | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Marilyn Musgrave | NO | Colorado Republican |
| Sue Myrick | NO | North Carolina Republican |
| Randy Neugebauer | NO | Texas Republican |
| Devin Nunes | NO | California Republican |
| Steve Pearce | NO | New Mexico Republican |
| Mike Pence | NO | Indiana Republican |
| John Peterson | NO | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Tom Petri | NO | Wisconsin Republican |
| Charles Pickering | NO | Mississippi Republican |
| Joseph Pitts | NO | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Todd Platts | YES | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Ted Poe | NO | Texas Republican |
| Jon Porter | YES | Nevada Republican |
| Tom Price | NO | Georgia Republican |
| Deborah Pryce | YES | Ohio Republican |
| Adam Putnam | NO | Florida Republican |
| George Radanovich | NO | California Republican |
| Jim Ramstad | YES | Minnesota Republican |
| Ralph Regula | NO | Ohio Republican |
| Dennis Rehberg | NO | Montana Republican |
| Dave Reichert | YES | Washington Republican |
| Rick Renzi | NO | Arizona Republican |
| Thomas Reynolds | NO | New York Republican/Cons. (Until 2004) |
| Hal Rogers | NO | Kentucky Republican |
| Michael Rogers | NO | Alabama Republican |
| Mike Rogers | NO | Michigan Republican |
| Dana Rohrabacher | NO | California Republican |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | YES | Florida Republican |
| Peter Roskam | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Ed Royce | NO | California Republican |
| Paul Ryan | YES | Wisconsin Republican |
| Bill Sali | NO | Idaho Republican |
| Jim Saxton | YES | New Jersey Republican |
| Jean Schmidt | NO | Ohio Republican |
| James Sensenbrenner | NO | Wisconsin Republican |
| Pete Sessions | NO | Texas Republican |
| John Shadegg | NO | Arizona Republican |
| Christopher Shays | YES | Connecticut Republican |
| John Shimkus | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Bill Shuster | NO | Pennsylvania Republican |
| Mike Simpson | NO | Idaho Republican |
| Adrian Smith | NO | Nebraska Republican |
| Christopher Smith | NO | New Jersey Republican |
| Lamar Smith | NO | Texas Republican |
| Linda Smith | YES | Washington Republican Former (1994-) |
| Mark Souder | NO | Indiana Republican |
| Cliff Stearns | NO | Florida Republican |
| John Sullivan | NO | Oklahoma Republican |
| Tom Tancredo | NO | Colorado Republican |
| Lee Terry | NO | Nebraska Republican |
| Mac Thornberry | NO | Texas Republican |
| Todd Tiahrt | NO | Kansas Republican |
| Pat Tiberi | YES | Ohio Republican |
| Fred Upton | NO | Michigan Republican |
| Tim Walberg | NO | Michigan Republican |
| Greg Walden | YES | Oregon Republican |
| Jim Walsh | NO | New York Rep./Ind./Conservative |
| Zach Wamp | NO | Tennessee Republican |
| Dave Weldon | NO | Florida Republican |
| Jerry Weller | NO | Illinois Republican |
| Ed Whitfield | NO | Kentucky Republican |
| Roger Wicker | NO | Mississippi Republican |
| Heather Wilson | NO | New Mexico Republican |
| Joe Wilson | NO | South Carolina Republican |
| Bill Young | NO | Florida Republican |
| Don Young | NO | Alaska Republican |
Independents voting on 2007-1057 | ||
| Tom Lantos | YES | California Former Democrat (until 2008) |