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House Roll Call 777, 100th Congress · September 8, 1988

TO AMEND THE MCCOLLUM R-FL AMENDMENT TO HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, TO BAR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES FROM RECEIVING CERTAIN FEDERAL BENEFITS.

124 yea · 278 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat120 yea · 111 nay
Republican8 yea · 169 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5210 ↗

Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Bars convicted drug offenders from receiving federal benefits as a penalty.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Bars convicted drug offenders from receiving federal benefits, reducing spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (129)

Nay (282)

Not voting or present (20)

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