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House Roll Call 796, 100th Congress · September 15, 1988

TO AMEND HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. ITS DIRECTOR AN UNDERSECRETARY LEVEL POSITION WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. THIS AMENDMENT NULLIFIES THE NATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT POLICY BOARD.

216 yea · 193 nay21 not voting or present
Democrat208 yea · 21 nay
Republican8 yea · 170 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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Administrative coordination of drug policy without criminal justice policy shift.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Administrative reorganization with no direct fiscal impact.

    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 (217)

Nay (193)

Not voting or present (21)

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