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Barack Obama on Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice8 votes
Reform-orientedPunitive

10 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 8 of them counted toward the score above: 3 toward “Reform-oriented” and 5 toward “Punitive”.

The other 2 did not count: 2 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2006-09-29A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayReform-oriented
2006-07-25A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayReform-oriented
2006-07-25To punish parents who have committed incest.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaPunitive
2006-07-25To authorize grants to carry out programs to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-02A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaPunitive
2006-03-01A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaPunitive
2006-03-01A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to ReconsiderYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-01A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaPunitive
2006-02-02A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of such Act.H.R. 4659 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaPunitive
2005-12-16A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayReform-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.