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Senate Roll Call 454, 101st Congress · June 28, 1990

To provide for additional FBI agents, to increase funding for the Drug Enforcement Agency and for other purposes. — TO AMEND S 1970, OMNIBUS CRIME BILL, TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL FBI AGENTS, TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND MANPOWER TO FIGHT CRIME IN RURAL AREAS, TO ENSURE SWIFT PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS, TO ESTABLISH A MANDATORY DETENTION POLICY, TO REQUIRE DRUG TESTING FOR ALL DEFENDANTS RELEASED ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR SUPERVISED RELEASE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLOSING OF "SHOOTING GALLERIES" AND "CRACK HOUSES."

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

96 yea · 2 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 0 nay
Republican41 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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(0.95): Increasing law enforcement funding and mandatory detentions advances punitive criminal justice policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing funding for FBI agents and drug enforcement expands federal 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 (96)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (2)

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