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House Roll Call 939, 100th Congress · October 21, 1988

TO AGREE WITH THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO HR 5210, OMNIBUS DRUG BILL, WITH AN AMENDMENT TO GRANT OVER $2 BILLION TO STOP MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, TO EXPAND DRUG EDUCATION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS, TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG RELATED MURDERS, AND TO ESTABLISH A CABINET-LEVEL "DRUG CZAR" POSITION.

346 yea · 11 nay68 not voting or present
Democrat192 yea · 14 nay
Republican154 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 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(0.80): Authorizes drug enforcement measures and imposes the death penalty for drug-related murders.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Grants over $2 billion for drug programs, increasing 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 (349)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (68)

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