Senate Roll Call 419, 101st Congress · May 24, 1990

To add a "right vs. wrong" standard to the term mentally retarded. — TO AMEND S 1970, OMNIBUS CRIME BILL, TO ADD A "RIGHT VS. WRONG" STANDARD TO THE TERM MENTALLY RETARDED.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

38 yea · 59 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat7 yea · 47 nay

Republican31 yea · 13 nay

Independent1 yea · 1 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 JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.85): Adding a strict standard restricts mental retardation exemptions from punishment, making laws more punitive.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Defining legal insanity standards is unrelated to federal budget or spending 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 (39)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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