House Roll Call 299, 102nd Congress · October 16, 1991

(HOUSE REJECTED THE HUGHES AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE PROVISIONS THAT PROVIDE THE DEATH PENALTY TO COVER THE CRIME OF SELLING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF DRUGS WHERE NO DEATH RESULTED.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

106 yea · 317 nayFailed10 not voting or present

Democrat100 yea · 153 nay

Republican4 yea · 163 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3371 ↗

Violent Crime Prevention Act of 1991

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 “Reform-oriented”
model(0.95): A yes vote strikes the death penalty for non-fatal drug crimes, reducing penalty severity.
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 (106)

Nay (317)

Not voting or present (10)

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