Ben Sasse on Criminal Justice

RepublicanNE

Criminal Justice38 votes · 63.4/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

61 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 38 of them counted toward the score above: 7 toward “Reform-oriented” and 31 toward “Punitive”.

The other 23 did not count: 23 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.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2022-06-23	An act to make our communities safer.S. 2938 · 117th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2022-06-23	An act to make our communities safer.S. 2938 · 117th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2022-06-23	A bill to designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building", and for other purposes.S. 2938 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2022-06-21	A bill to designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building", and for other purposes.S. 2938 · 117th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2022-05-26	A bill to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism.H.R. 350 · 117th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Reform-oriented
2021-07-20	A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.H.R. 1652 · 117th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Reform-oriented
2021-07-20	To ensure adequate funding in the Crime Victims Fund is disbursed to victims, their families, and their advocates each year.H.R. 1652 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2021-04-22	A bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2021-04-22	To improve the bill.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2021-04-22	To require a report on State restrictions on religious exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2021-04-22	To prohibit Federal funding for any institution of higher education that discriminates against Asian Americans in recruitment, applicant review, or admissions.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2021-04-15	A bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Direction not readable
2021-04-14	A bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-19 hate crimes, and for other purposes.S. 937 · 117th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2020-06-24	A bill to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency.S. 3985 · 116th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Reform-oriented
2020-02-25	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.S. 311 · 116th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2020-02-25	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.S. 3275 · 116th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2019-02-25	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.S. 311 · 116th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Punitive
2018-12-18	A bill to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes.S. 756 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2018-12-18	To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to notify each victim of the offense for which the prisoner is imprisoned the date on which the prisoner will be released.S. 756 · 115th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2018-12-18	To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to notify each victim of the offense for which the prisoner is imprisoned the date on which the prisoner will be released.S. 756 · 115th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2018-12-18	To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to notify each victim of the offense for which the prisoner is imprisoned the date on which the prisoner will be released.S. 756 · 115th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Punitive
2018-12-17	A bill to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes.S. 756 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2018-03-21	A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.H.R. 1865 · 115th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Punitive
2018-03-21	To provide additional funding to the Department of Justice to combat the online facilitation of sex trafficking.H.R. 1865 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Reform-oriented
2018-03-19	A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes.H.R. 1865 · 115th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Punitive
2018-01-29	A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.S. 2311 · 115th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-12-21	A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.H.R. 1370 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2017-12-21	A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.H.R. 1370 · 115th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2017-02-15	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.H.J.Res. 40 · 115th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
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	Nay	Punitive
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	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 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	Nay	Punitive
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	Nay	Punitive
2016-03-07	In the nature of a substitute.S. 524 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	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

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.