Cliff Stearns on Criminal Justice

RepublicanFL

Criminal Justice260 votes · 82.9/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

508 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 260 of them counted toward the score above: 41 toward “Reform-oriented” and 219 toward “Punitive”.

The other 248 did not count: 242 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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
1990-10-03	TO AMEND HR 5269, COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990, TO REDUCE THE ANTI-DRUG AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES WHICH DO NOT HAVE STATUTES REQUIRING CONVICTED RAPISTS TO BE TESTED FOR AIDS AT THE REQUEST OF THE VICTIM.H.R. 5269 · 101st Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
1990-10-03	TO AMEND HR 5269, COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990, TO ELIMINATE PROVISIONS WHICH CREATE A DIRECT PASS THROUGH OF FEDERAL ANTI-DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.H.R. 5269 · 101st Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1990-05-08	BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ACT OF 1989 — TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 237, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 1989, TO IMPLEMENT THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND STOCKPILING OF BACTERIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS AND THEIR DESTRUCTION BY PROHIBITING CERTAIN CONDUCT RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 237 · 101st Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Punitive
1990-04-04	HATE CRIMES STATISTICS ACT — TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1048, HATE CRIMES STATISTICS ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA ABOUT CRIMES THAT MANIFEST PREJUDICE BASED ON CERTAIN GROUP CHARACTERISTICS. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 1048 · 101st Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT	Yea	Reform-oriented
1989-11-13	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 3550, SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND, TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 3550 · 101st Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1989-06-27	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1048, HATE-CRIME STATISTICS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA ABOUT CRIMES MANIFESTING PREJUDICE BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, HOMOSEXUALITY OR HETEROSEXUALITY, OR ETHNICITY. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 1048 · 101st Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1989-06-13	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1502, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE EXPANSION, TO AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND TO IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICY SYSTEM. (MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.)H.R. 1502 · 101st Congress	Nay	Reform-oriented
1989-05-10	TO ADOPT H RES 87, JUDGE NIXON IMPEACHMENT, TO IMPEACH WALTER L. NIXON, JR., JUDGE OF THE U. S. DISTRICT COURT, FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.H.Res. 87 · 101st Congress	Yea	Direction 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.