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House Roll Call 797, 100th Congress · September 15, 1988

TO AMEND HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, TO REMOVE THE PROVISIONS THAT WOULD SET UP A SEVEN-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR HANDGUN PURCHASES AND DIRECT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL FOR A SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE INELIGIBLE FOR HANDGUN OWNERSHIP.

228 yea · 182 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat98 yea · 141 nay
Republican133 yea · 45 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 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) Handgun waiting period vote does not fit punitive versus reform criminal justice axis.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Handgun waiting period policy vote with no spending or budget 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 (232)

Nay (187)

Not voting or present (12)

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