Frank R. Lautenberg on Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice182 votes · 63.4/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

307 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 182 of them counted toward the score above: 89 toward “Reform-oriented” and 93 toward “Punitive”.

The other 125 did not count: 116 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 9 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
1984-02-06	TO TABLE THE BAUCUS AMENDMENT TO S. 1763, A BILL AMENDING THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL CODE TO REVISE THE RULES GOVERNING HABEAS CORPUS CLAIMS BROUGHT BY STATE PRISONERS. THE BAUCUS AMENDMENT RETAINS FULL FEDERAL COURT REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY STATE PRISONERS. (MOTION PASSED)S. 1763 · 98th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1984-02-03	TO PASS S. 215, A BILL AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL OFFICERS TO CONSIDER THE SAFETY OF ANY PERSON OR THE COMMUNITY WHEN MAKING A PRETRIAL DETENTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES. (MOTION PASSED)S. 215 · 98th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1984-02-03	TO AMEND S. 215, A BILL AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL OFFICES TO CONSIDER THE SAFETY OF ANY PERSON OR THE COMMUNITY WHEN MAKING A PRETRIAL DETENTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES. THE MITCHELL AMENDMENT EXCLUDES FROM THE 60-DAY PERIOD THOSE DELAYS WHICH ARE RECOGNIZED WITHIN THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT. (MOTION FAILED)S. 215 · 98th Congress	Yea	Reform-oriented
1984-02-02	TO PASS S. 668, A BILL REFORMING FEDERAL CRIMINAL SENTENCING PROCEDURES. (MOTION PASSED)S. 668 · 98th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1984-02-02	TO PASS S. 1762, A BILL PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT. (MOTION PASSED)S. 1762 · 98th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1984-02-02	TO AMEND S. 1762, A BILL PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT. THE METZENBAUM AMENDMENT PREVENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM SECRETLY TAPE RECORDING CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS. (MOTION FAILED)S. 1762 · 98th Congress	Yea	Reform-oriented
1984-01-30	TO TABLE THE MATHIAS AMENDMENT TO S. 1762, A BILL PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT. THE MATHIAS AMENDMENT MAINTAINS THE CURRENT AGGREGATE LENGTH OF TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. (MOTION PASSED)S. 1762 · 98th Congress	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.