Date: June 3, 1986
Subject: Allow Court-Ordered Forced Busing
Description: Helms (R-NC) motion to table (kill) the Helms amendment to bar federal courts from forcing the busing of school children except in narrowly defined circumstances. Helms moved to table his own amendment in order to force a vote on the issue, then withdrew his amendment.
Result: Motion to Table Failed, 45-50
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