Eliot L. Engel on Criminal Justice

DemocratNY

Criminal Justice312 votes · 65.6/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

624 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 312 of them counted toward the score above: 139 toward “Reform-oriented” and 173 toward “Punitive”.

The other 312 did not count: 301 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 11 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
2015-05-19	Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015S. 178 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2015-05-13	Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActH.R. 36 · 114th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Reform-oriented
2015-05-13	Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActH.R. 36 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-01-27	To improve the response to victims of child sex traffickingH.R. 246 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2014-07-24	To improve the response to victims of child sex traffickingH.R. 5111 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2014-05-22	USA FREEDOM ActH.R. 3361 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Reform-oriented
2014-05-20	Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act of 2014H.R. 4225 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2014-05-20	Justice for Victims of Trafficking ActH.R. 3530 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2014-04-28	To amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination dateH.R. 4120 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-09-17	“E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2013”H.R. 3092 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-18	District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActH.R. 1797 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-05-20	Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation ActH.R. 1073 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2013-05-14	National Blue Alert ActH.R. 180 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2013-03-05	Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2013H.R. 338 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2013-02-28	Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013S. 47 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-02-28	Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013S. 47 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2012-12-18	Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification ActS. 3642 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2012-09-12	To extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five yearsH.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2012-05-31	Prenatal Non-discrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012H.R. 3541 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Nay	Reform-oriented
2012-05-16	To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994H.R. 4970 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Punitive
2012-05-16	To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994H.R. 4970 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-05-16	Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012H.R. 4119 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2012-05-15	To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of dutyH.R. 365 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-02-27	Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011H.R. 347 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2012-01-25	Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention ActH.R. 3801 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2011-12-14	To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.H.R. 3421 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-12-08	Synthetic Drug Control ActH.R. 1254 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2011-12-06	To amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the InternetH.R. 2471 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the StateH.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the StateH.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-16	National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011H.R. 822 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-09-20	Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011H.R. 2189 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Reform-oriented
2011-09-20	United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011H.R. 2944 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-09-12	Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes ActH.R. 2076 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2011-02-28	Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement ActH.R. 347 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2011-02-17	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, 2011H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	Nay	Reform-oriented
2011-02-14	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, 2011H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Reform-oriented
2011-02-14	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, 2011H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-02-08	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, 2011H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Nay	Reform-oriented
2010-12-09	Access to Criminal History Records for State Sentencing Commissions Act of 2010H.R. 6412 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Reform-oriented
2010-12-08	To extend the Child Safety Pilot ProgramS. 3998 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2010-12-08	Supporting the goal of eradicating illicit marijuana cultivation on Federal lands and calling on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to develop a coordinated strategy to permanently dismantle Mexican drug trafficking organizations operating on Federal landsH.Res. 1540 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-11-16	Recognizing Gail Abarbanel and the Rape Treatment CenterH.Res. 716 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-09-23	Ultralight Smuggling Prevention ActH.R. 5307 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-07-29	Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2010H.R. 3040 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-07-27	Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act of 2010H.R. 4748 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-07-22	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2010H.R. 1469 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-07-21	Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010H.R. 5566 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-06-16	Honoring the Department of Justice on the occasion of its 140th anniversaryH.Res. 1422 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-05-19	Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2009H.R. 1514 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-05-18	Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2010H.R. 4614 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2010-05-11	Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial DayH.Res. 1299 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-05-05	Attempted Terrorist Attack in Times Square on May 1, 2010H.Res. 1320 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-04-21	Supporting the mission and goals of 2010 National Crime Victims’ Rights WeekH.Res. 1104 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-03-17	Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking ActS. 1147 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2010-03-03	Expressing concern regarding the suicide plane attack on Internal Revenue Service employees in Austin, TexasH.Res. 1127 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-02-25	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Urban Crimes Awareness WeekH.Con.Res. 227 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-16	Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2009H.R. 1110 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2009-12-15	Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2009S. 1472 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2009-07-21	A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center ActH.R. 1933 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-10	Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the National Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenH.Res. 454 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-09	Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at his church on May 31, 2009.H.Res. 505 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-06-09	Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009H.R. 1741 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-05-21	Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking ActH.R. 1676 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2009-05-18	Fraud Enforcement and Recovery ActS. 386 · 111th Congress · Suspend Rules and Agree to S Adt to House Adts	Yea	Punitive
2009-05-06	Fraud Enforcement and Recovery ActS. 386 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2009-04-29	Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention ActH.R. 1913 · 111th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Punitive
2009-04-29	Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention ActH.R. 1913 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-04-29	National Crime Victims’ Rights WeekH.Res. 109 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-23	COPS Improvements Act of 2009H.R. 1139 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-01	Honoring the lives, and mourning the loss, of Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege, members of the Oakland Police Department in California who were brutally slain in the line of dutyH.Res. 290 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-03-31	Dextromethorphan Distribution ActH.R. 1259 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
2009-03-04	Raising awareness and promoting education on the criminal justice system by establishing March as “National Criminal Justice Month”.H.Res. 45 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-02-25	Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial DayH.Res. 47 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-02-11	Elder Abuse Victims ActH.R. 448 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-02-04	Death in Custody Reporting ActH.R. 738 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Reform-oriented
2009-02-03	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention WeekH.Res. 103 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-02-03	Raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by establishing January 2009 as “National Stalking Awareness Month”H.Res. 82 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2008-10-02	To authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.S. 3641 · 110th Congress · Table Motion to Reconsider	Yea	Direction not readable
2008-10-02	To authorize funding for the National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.S. 3641 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2008-09-26	Effective Child Pornography Prosecution ActH.R. 4120 · 110th Congress · Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2008-09-26	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant ActH.R. 6045 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2008-09-23	Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008H.R. 5352 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2008-09-22	Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator Act of 2008H.R. 6853 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2008-09-17	National Capital Security and Safety ActH.R. 6842 · 110th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Reform-oriented
2008-09-17	Second Amendment Enforcement ActH.R. 6842 · 110th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2008-09-10	Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2007H.R. 4081 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2008-09-08	Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2007S. 2135 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2008-06-25	Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program AuthorizationH.R. 3546 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2007-12-05	Protecting Our Children Comes First ActH.R. 2517 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2007-12-05	Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online ActH.R. 3791 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2007-11-15	Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007H.R. 4136 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Punitive
2007-11-14	Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act of 2007H.R. 4120 · 110th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive

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