When can a proposed legislation be defeated by opponents? a: when the bill is being voted on by the full committee b: when the bill reaches the floor c: when the bill is being considered by the subcommittee d: all the above

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts