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House Roll Call 779, 100th Congress · September 8, 1988

TO AMEND HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, TO GIVE AN EXCEPTION TO THE "EXCLUSIONARY RULE" THAT POLICE HAD REASONABLE "GOOD FAITH" BELIEF THAT THEY SEIZED THE EVIDENCE LAWFULLY.

259 yea · 134 nay28 not voting or present
Democrat95 yea · 129 nay
Republican168 yea · 8 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(0.95): Weakening the exclusionary rule expands police powers, which is punitive.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Rule on exclusionary rule is a criminal procedure issue, not a spending measure.

    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 (264)

Nay (139)

Not voting or present (28)

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