House Roll Call 306, 102nd Congress · October 17, 1991

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE HYDE AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES THAT FEDERAL GRANTS BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE STATES TO RESPOND TO HABEAS APPEALS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

281 yea · 137 nayAgreed to15 not voting or present

Democrat119 yea · 131 nay

Republican161 yea · 4 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 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.

Abortion & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.98) Habeas appeals funding for death penalty cases is unrelated to reproductive rights.
Tagged by: keyword:hyde amendment
Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access
Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.90): Funding state efforts to uphold death sentences in habeas appeals aligns with punitive criminal justice policies.
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 (281)

Nay (137)

Not voting or present (15)

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