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The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases to win. It was introduced into the 101st United States Congress on February 7, 1990, by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in the United States Senate, and by Augustus Hawkins (D-CA) in the House of Representatives. While making its way through Congress, the bill was considered to be civil rights groups' #1 legislative priority. Soon before the bill made it to the desk of then-President of the United States George H. W. Bush, it was criticized by the Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried. In a New York Times op-ed, Fried wrote that descriptions of the bill as the most important civil rights legislation in a quarter-century were "a public rel

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rdfs:comment	The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases to win. It was introduced into the 101st United States Congress on February 7, 1990, by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in the United States Senate, and by Augustus Hawkins (D-CA) in the House of Representatives. While making its way through Congress, the bill was considered to be civil rights groups' #1 legislative priority. Soon before the bill made it to the desk of then-President of the United States George H. W. Bush, it was criticized by the Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried. In a New York Times op-ed, Fried wrote that descriptions of the bill as the most important civil rights legislation in a quarter-century were "a public rel (en)
dcterms:subject	1990 in American law United States proposed federal civil rights legislation 101st United States Congress Civil Rights Acts
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	1990 in American law President of the United States Benjamin Hooks Democratic Party (United States) United States proposed federal civil rights legislation United States House of Representatives United States Senate 101st United States Congress 101st United States Congress Massachusetts Op-ed Edward Kennedy George H. W. Bush NAACP Augustus F. Hawkins Racial quota Labor and Worklife Program Ted Kennedy Charles Fried Civil Rights Acts New York Times
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1990478 https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2104/all-actions https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2858 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm%3Fcongress=101&session=2&vote=00276
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vetoeddate	1990-10-22 (xsd:date)
vetoedpresident	George H. W. Bush
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conferencedate	1990-10-12 (xsd:date)
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introducedby	Ted Kennedy (en)
introduceddate	1990-02-07 (xsd:date)
introducedin	Senate (en)
passedbody	House (en) Senate (en)
passeddate	1990-07-18 (xsd:date) 1990-08-03 (xsd:date) 1990-10-16 (xsd:date) 1990-10-17 (xsd:date)
passedvote	62 (xsd:integer) 65 (xsd:integer) 272 (xsd:integer) 273 (xsd:integer)
shorttitle	Civil Rights Act of 1990 (en)
committees	Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (en)
has abstract	The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases to win. It was introduced into the 101st United States Congress on February 7, 1990, by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in the United States Senate, and by Augustus Hawkins (D-CA) in the House of Representatives. While making its way through Congress, the bill was considered to be civil rights groups' #1 legislative priority. Soon before the bill made it to the desk of then-President of the United States George H. W. Bush, it was criticized by the Harvard Law School professor Charles Fried. In a New York Times op-ed, Fried wrote that descriptions of the bill as the most important civil rights legislation in a quarter-century were "a public relations flimflam perpetrated by a cabal of overzealous civil rights plaintiffs' lawyers." He concluded by saying that Bush should "veto this bill in its present form." On October 22, 1990, President Bush vetoed the bill, claiming that it "employs a maze of highly legalistic language to introduce the destructive force of quotas into our national employment system." The Bush administration argued that the bill's provisions were strict enough that they would give employers "powerful incentives" to adopt quotas. Supporters of the bill argued that, contrary to Bush's claims, the bill would not have led employers to adopt quotas. For example, Benjamin Hooks, the then-executive director of the NAACP, said he was "at a loss" as to why Bush described the legislation as a quota bill. Congress attempted to override his veto on October 24, but their attempt failed in the Senate by one vote to achieve the two-thirds majority required. (en)
leghisturl	https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2104/all-actions
longtitle	An Act To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, and for other purposes. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of United States presidential vetoes List of landmark African-American legislation 101st United States Congress Civil Rights Act of 1991 John Edward Jacob Althea T. L. Simmons Civil Rights Act
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