Ken Bentsen on Criminal Justice

DemocratTX

Criminal Justice119 votes · 91/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

218 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 119 of them counted toward the score above: 42 toward “Reform-oriented” and 77 toward “Punitive”.

The other 99 did not count: 99 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1995-02-10	(HOUSE REJECTED THE SCOTT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO DECREASE BY $2.5 BILLION THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR STATE AND REGIONAL PRISON GRANTS.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-10	(HOUSE REJECTED THE CHAPMAN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO MAKE STATES ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH GENERAL AND "TRUTH IN SENTENCING" PRISON GRANTS RATHER THAN EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1995-02-10	(HOUSE REJECTED THE CARDIN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REDUCE BY $36 MILLION OVER 5 YEARS THE AUTHORIZATION FOR PRISON GRANTS.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
1995-02-10	(HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT OF NORTH CAROLINA AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE AUTOMATIC STAY PROVISION RELATING TO RELIEF LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY INMATES.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-09	(HOUSE REJECTED THE SCHUMER AMENDMENT ELIMINATING THE PRISON GRANT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL PRISON BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM; CONSOLIDATING THE VIOLENT OFFENDER AND TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING GRANT PROGRAMS INTO A SINGLE PRISON BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM; PROVIDING THAT EACH STATE WOULD RECEIVE A PRISON BLOCK GRANT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIMES AMONG THE STATES; PROVIDING THAT THE BLOCK GRANT WOULD BE FUNDED AT THE SAME ANNUAL LEVEL AS THE TOTAL STATE FUNDING PROVIDED IN THE 1994 CRIME CONTROL ACT; AND PROVIDING THAT STATES THAT FAILED TO USE THEIR ALLOCATED GRANT FUNDING WITHIN TWO YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REFUND UNUSED MONEYS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR LATER DISTRIBUTION TO STATES.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
1995-02-09	H.R.667 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- VIOLENT CRIMINAL INCARCERATION ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE REJECTED THE CHAPMAN AMENDMENT PROHIBITING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY PRISON GRANT FUNDING, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR THE GENERAL PRISON GRANT PROGRAM AND THE TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM, UNTIL AND UNLESS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CERTIFIES THAT AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF STATES MEET TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING REQUIREMENTS.)H.R. 667 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
1995-02-08	Effective death penalty act of 1995 — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 729, TO CONTROL CRIME BY A MORE EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Punitive
1995-02-08	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SMITH OF TEXAS AMENDMENT THAT PROVIDES THAT THE AUTOMATIC STAY OF EXECUTION PROVISIONS WILL TERMINATE UPON COMPLETION OF STATE COURT REVIEW UNLESS THE PETITIONER HAS MADE A SUBSTANTITAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A FEDERAL RIGHT.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Reform-oriented
1995-02-08	(HOUSE REJECTED THE FIELDS OF LOUISIANA AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ADD LANGUAGE TO PERMIT JURIES, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE BILL NOW REQUIRES THE DEALTH PENALTY, TO RECOMMEND A SENTENCE OF DEATH OR OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF RELEASE.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
1995-02-08	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE COX AMENDMENT THAT ESTABLISHES A RULE OF DEFERENCE TO STATE COURTS SO THAT FEDERAL JUDGES WHO ARE ENTERTAINING HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS FROM STATE INMATES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE CLAIMANT RECEIVED A FULL AND FAIR ADJUDICATION OF THEIR COMPLAINT.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Reform-oriented
1995-02-08	(HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT OF NORTH CAROLINA AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PERMIT STATE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OR TO PRISON TO FILE A SECOND FEDERAL HABEAS PETITION IF IT IS SHOWN, THROUGH NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE, THAT THE PERSON WAS INNOCENT AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUITED HAD THE EVIDENCE BEEN PRESENTED AT TRIAL.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
1995-02-08	H.R.729 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE REJECTED THE SCHUMER AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO PROVIDE COMPETENT COUNSEL IN DEATH PENALTY CASES DURING THE INITIAL TRIAL PHASE.)H.R. 729 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-08	Exclusionary Rule Reform Act of 1995 — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 666, TO CONTROL CRIME BY EXCLUSIONARY RULE REFORM.)H.R. 666 · 104th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Punitive
1995-02-08	(HOUSE REJECTED THE SERRANO AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO EXEMPT SEARCHES OR SEIZURES CARRIED OUT BY OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.)H.R. 666 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-08	H.R.666 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- EXCLUSIONARY RULE REFORM ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE VOLKMER AMENDMENT THAT EXEMPTS SEARCHES AND SEIZURES CARRIED OUT BY OR UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS FROM A RELAXATION OF THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE.)H.R. 666 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-07	(HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE PROVISIONS APPLYING THE "GOOD FAITH" EXCEPTION TO THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE TO WARRANTLESS SEARCHES; AND TO REPLACE IT WITH THE TEXT OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.)H.R. 666 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
1995-02-07	H.R.666 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- EXCLUSIONARY RULE REFORM ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO LIMIT AND CODIFY THE "GOOD FAITH" EXCEPTION TO SEARCHES AND SEIZURES WITH WARRANTS LATER TO BE FOUND INVALID; AND TO ENACT THE CURRENT LIMITED "GOOD FAITH" EXCEPTION FOR SEARCHES IN WHICH EVIDENCE WAS NOT EXCLUDED IF IT WAS RETAINED IN A "GOOD FAITH" RELIANCE ON A STATUTE, WHICH WAS LATER HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.)H.R. 666 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
1995-02-07	Victim Restitution Act of 1995 — H.R.665 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- VICTIM RESTITUTION ACT OF 1995 (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 665, TO CONTROL CRIME BY MANDATORY VICTIM RESTITUTION.)H.R. 665 · 104th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Punitive

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Reform-oriented / Punitive axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.