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House Roll Call 771, 101st Congress · October 5, 1990

TO AMEND HR 5269, COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990, TO STRIKE PROVISIONS WHICH BAR EXECUTION OF PRISONERS WHO DEMONSTRATE THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WAS A FACTOR IN THEIR SENTENCE.

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

204 yea · 215 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat47 yea · 194 nay
Republican157 yea · 20 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5269 ↗

Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1990

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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.95): Striking provisions that guard against racial discrimination in death sentences narrows civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Striking provisions guarding against racial discrimination makes executions easier to carry out, a punitive position.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    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 (205)

Nay (215)

Not voting or present (12)

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