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House Roll Call 864, 100th Congress · October 4, 1988

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 4758, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER DEATH BENEFITS, TO AMEND THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968, TO EXPAND DEATH BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY TO $100,000 AND TO EXTEND THE BENEFICIARIES TO INCLUDE NON-DEPENDENT PARENTS. MOTION PASSED; TOW-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

413 yea · 2 nay14 not voting or present
Democrat237 yea · 0 nay
Republican175 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4758

Public Safety Officers' Death Benefits Amendments 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 (0.80) Providing survivor death benefits does not directly address punitive or reform policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Expands death benefits for public safety officers, increasing federal 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 (415)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (14)

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