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Mark Begich on Criminal Justice

DemocratAK

Criminal Justice16 votes · 24.9/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive

38 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 16 of them counted toward the score above: 12 toward “Reform-oriented” and 4 toward “Punitive”.

The other 22 did not count: 21 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2014-11-18A bill to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes.S. 2685 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaReform-oriented
2013-04-18To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2013-04-18To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-04-17To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-04-17To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-04-17To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-04-17To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-04-17To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaPunitive
2013-04-17To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-04-17To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-04-11A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayDirection not readable
2013-02-12A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaReform-oriented
2013-02-12To amend the requirements for speedy notice to victims and to require a report to Congress.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-02-12To more quickly resolve rape cases and reduce the deficit by consolidating unnecessary duplication within the Department of Justice.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-02-12To clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance the safety of youth and children.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2013-02-12To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2013-02-11To reaffirm the inalienable rights of every American citizen guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-02-07In the nature of a substitute.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2013-02-04A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2012-12-28A bill to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayReform-oriented
2012-12-28To require a report on the impact of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 on the privacy of the people of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2012-12-27To ensure adequate protection of the rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2012-12-27To require the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or opinion of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes significant legal interpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in the national security interest of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2012-12-27In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2012-04-26A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaReform-oriented
2012-04-26In the nature of a substitute.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2012-04-26To amend title 18 of the United States Code and other provisions of law to strengthen provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and improve justice for crime victims.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2012-04-26To provide Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2011-10-20To establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.H.R. 2112 · 112th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaReform-oriented
2011-05-24A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.S. 1038 · 112th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayPunitive
2011-05-23A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.S. 1038 · 112th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayReform-oriented
2011-02-15A bill to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011.H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayReform-oriented
2011-01-26A resolution honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.S.Res. 14 · 112th Congress · On the ResolutionYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-28A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaPunitive
2009-04-27A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaPunitive
2009-04-23To limit the amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the United States under the False Claims Act for purposes of compensating private intervenors to the greater of $50,000,000 or 300 percent of the expenses and costs of the intervenor.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2009-04-22To establish the Financial Markets Commission, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2009-04-22To modify the definition of the term "obligation".S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable

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.