Tom Lantos on Criminal Justice

DemocratCA

Criminal Justice263 votes · 74.2/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

509 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 263 of them counted toward the score above: 105 toward “Reform-oriented” and 158 toward “Punitive”.

The other 246 did not count: 235 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
1982-05-11	TO PASS H.R. 3481, A BILL EXPANDING 10 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROVIDING FEDERAL JUDGES PRETRIAL SERVICES IN DETERMINING DEFENDANTS' ELIGIBILITY FOR BAIL. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3481 · 97th Congress	Yea	Reform-oriented
1982-03-18	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4468, A BILL AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO ESTABLISH ZONES OF PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN PERSONS PROTECTED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4468 · 97th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1982-02-10	TO PASS H.R. 4481, AMENDING THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4481 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-10-01	TO ADOPT H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Res. 208 · 97th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1981-10-01	TO LIMIT DEBATE TO TWO HOURS ON H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Res. 208 · 97th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1981-10-01	TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Res. 208 · 97th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1981-10-01	TO DISCHARGE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Res. 208 · 97th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1981-10-01	TO TABLE THE PHILLIP CRANE MOTION TO DISCHARGE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALITIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (MOTION FAILED)H.Res. 208 · 97th Congress	Nay	Punitive
1981-09-23	TO AMEND H.R. 4, A BILL TO MAKE IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTITIES OF CERTAIN U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, AGENTS, INFORMANTS AND SOURCES OF OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE, BY PROVIDING THAT ANYONE EXPOSING THE IDENTITY OF A U.S. COVERT AGENT WITH "REASON TO BELIEVE" THE EXPOSURE MIGHT "IMPAIR OR IMPEDE" U.S. INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS WOULD BE GUILTY OF A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF UP TO $15,000. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 4 · 97th Congress	Nay	Reform-oriented

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.