Senate Roll Call 562, 100th Congress · May 16, 1988

TO TABLE THE D'AMATO, NY AMENDMENT TO S 2355, FISCAL 1989 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY TO CRIMINALS OF DRUG RELATED MURDERS.

27 yea · 68 nay3 not voting or present

Democrat20 yea · 32 nay

Republican7 yea · 38 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) The amendment addresses criminal penalties rather than military or defense policy.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”
model(0.90): Tabling the amendment kills the death penalty provision, avoiding a punitive measure.
Tagged by: keyword:death penalty
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (27)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (3)

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