Jeff Sessions on Criminal Justice

RepublicanAL

Criminal Justice84 votes · 74.9/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

166 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 84 of them counted toward the score above: 15 toward “Reform-oriented” and 69 toward “Punitive”.

The other 82 did not count: 78 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 4 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
2016-09-28	A bill to deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.S. 2040 · 114th Congress · On Overriding the Veto	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-07-13	To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Conference Report	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2016-07-13	To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2016-06-16	To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Punitive
2016-06-16	To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Punitive
2016-06-16	To authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use, and to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Reform-oriented
2016-05-23	A bill to reauthorize certain programs established by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.S. 2613 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2016-04-04	A bill to amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.S. 1890 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2016-03-10	A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Reform-oriented
2016-03-09	A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Reform-oriented
2016-03-07	In the nature of a substitute.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2016-03-03	To strengthen consumer education about the risks of opioid abuse and addiction.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
2016-03-02	To make appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Punitive
2016-03-02	To provide for comprehensive provisions for the prevention and enforcement of opioid abuse and treatment of opioid addiction.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Punitive
2016-03-02	To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2016-02-29	A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Reform-oriented
2015-12-03	To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.H.R. 3762 · 114th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-09-22	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.H.R. 36 · 114th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-04-22	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2015-04-22	To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2015-04-22	To require the Secretary of Defense to inform the Attorney General of persons required to register as sex offenders.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2015-04-22	To direct the Attorney General to increase the amount provided under certain formula grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2015-04-22	To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2015-04-22	To reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2015-04-22	To strengthen the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act by incorporating additional bipartisan amendments.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2015-04-22	To improve the bill.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2015-03-19	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2015-03-19	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2015-03-18	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2015-03-17	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2015-03-17	A bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.S. 178 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2015-02-11	A bill to amend section 2259 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.S. 295 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2014-11-18	A bill to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other purposes.S. 2685 · 113th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Punitive
2013-04-18	To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
2013-04-18	To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Reform-oriented
2013-04-17	To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-04-17	To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-04-11	A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes.S. 649 · 113th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-02-12	A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Punitive
2013-02-12	To amend the requirements for speedy notice to victims and to require a report to Congress.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-02-12	To more quickly resolve rape cases and reduce the deficit by consolidating unnecessary duplication within the Department of Justice.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-02-12	To clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance the safety of youth and children.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Reform-oriented
2013-02-12	To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-02-11	To reaffirm the inalienable rights of every American citizen guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-02-07	In the nature of a substitute.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-02-04	A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 47 · 113th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2012-12-28	A bill to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 for five years.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2012-12-28	To require a report on the impact of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 on the privacy of the people of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
2012-12-27	To ensure adequate protection of the rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
2012-12-27	To require the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or opinion of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes significant legal interpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in the national security interest of the United States.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
2012-12-27	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 5949 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2012-04-26	A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Punitive
2012-04-26	In the nature of a substitute.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-04-26	To amend title 18 of the United States Code and other provisions of law to strengthen provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and improve justice for crime victims.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-04-26	To provide Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs.S. 1925 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-10-20	To establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.H.R. 2112 · 112th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Punitive
2011-05-24	A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.S. 1038 · 112th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Reform-oriented
2011-05-23	A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.S. 1038 · 112th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Punitive
2011-02-15	A bill 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, 2011.H.R. 514 · 112th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2011-01-26	A resolution honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.S.Res. 14 · 112th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-28	A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2009-04-27	A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2009-04-23	To limit the amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the United States under the False Claims Act for purposes of compensating private intervenors to the greater of $50,000,000 or 300 percent of the expenses and costs of the intervenor.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-22	To establish the Financial Markets Commission, and for other purposes.S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-04-22	To modify the definition of the term "obligation".S. 386 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-09-29	A 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 Motion	Yea	Punitive
2006-07-25	A 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 Bill	Yea	Punitive
2006-07-25	To punish parents who have committed incest.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2006-07-25	To authorize grants to carry out programs to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes.S. 403 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2006-03-02	A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Punitive
2006-03-01	A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2006-03-01	A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Reconsider	Yea	Direction not readable
2006-03-01	A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Punitive
2006-02-02	A 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 Bill	Yea	Punitive
2005-12-16	A bill to extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes.H.R. 3199 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2004-05-10	A resolution condemning the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, urging a full and complete investigation to ensure justice is served, and expressing support for all Americans serving nobly in Iraq.S.Res. 356 · 108th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-04-22	A bill to protect crime victims' rights.S. 2329 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2004-03-25	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes.H.R. 1997 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2004-03-25	To provide for domestic violence prevention.H.R. 1997 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-03-25	In the nature of a substitute.H.R. 1997 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-10-21	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Punitive
2003-09-17	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Punitive
2003-04-10	An Act to prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.S. 151 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Punitive
2003-03-13	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2003-03-12	In the nature of a substitute.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-03-12	To express the sense of the Senate concerning the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-03-12	A bill to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reform-oriented
2003-03-12	In the nature of a substitute.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-03-11	To improve the availability of contraceptives for women.S. 3 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-02-24	An Act to prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.S. 151 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2003-01-21	A bill to enhance the operation of the AMBER Alert communications network in order to facilitate the recovery of abducted children, to provide for enhanced notification on highways of alerts and information on such children, and for other purposes.S. 121 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2002-10-03	A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2002, and for other purposes.H.R. 2215 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-06-14	A bill to implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen criminal laws relating to attacks on places of public use, to implement the International Convention of the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against terrorist acts, and for other purposes.H.R. 3275 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2002-06-11	A bill to provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.S. 625 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Reform-oriented
2001-10-25	A bill to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.H.R. 3162 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	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.