William M. Thomas on Criminal Justice

RepublicanCA

Criminal Justice254 votes · 71.6/100 consistent

Reform-orientedPunitive

506 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Criminal Justice. 254 of them counted toward the score above: 54 toward “Reform-oriented” and 200 toward “Punitive”.

The other 252 did not count: 241 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 11 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
1979-10-12	TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2061, RESTRUCTURING LEAA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2061 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-10-10	TO AMEND H.R. 2061, RESTRUCTURING LEAA, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE CREATING THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, RESEARCH, AND STATISTICS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2061 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-10-10	TO AMEND H.R. 2061, RESTRICTING THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION, BY PERMITTING FORMULA GRANT FUNDS TO BE USED TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT OR HARDWARE NOT IN EXCESS OF $1,000. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2061 · 96th Congress	Yea	Punitive
1979-07-31	TO PASS S. 961, AMENDING THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT OF 1974. (MOTION PASSED)S. 961 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reform-oriented
1979-04-24	TO PASS H.R. 1301, AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE U.S. CODE TO ALLOW THE TRANSPORTATION TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY OF MATERIAL CONCERNING A LOTTERY AUTHORIZED BY THAT FOREIGN COUNTRY. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1301 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reform-oriented
1979-03-20	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1301, A BILL TO PERMIT THE SENDING OF AMERICAN LOTTERY MATERIALS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE AUTHORIZED LOTTERIES. (MOTION FAILED; 2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 1301 · 96th Congress	Yea	Reform-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.