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Senate Roll Call 418, 101st Congress · May 24, 1990

To amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide special habeas corpus procedures in capital cases. — TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE THURMOND (R, SC) AMENDMENT TO S 1970, OMNIBUS CRIME BILL, TO PROVIDE SPECIAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEDURES, WAS DEFEATED.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Reconsider

52 yea · 46 nayMotion to Reconsider Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat11 yea · 42 nay
Republican41 yea · 2 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1970 ↗

A bill to establish constitutional procedures for the imposition of the sentence of death, and for other purposes.

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 (0.90) A motion to reconsider a floor vote is a procedural motion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Habeas corpus procedural rules do not significantly impact federal spending or budget policy.

    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 (52)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (2)

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