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House Roll Call 309, 102nd Congress · October 22, 1991

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE MCCOLLUM AMENDMENT THAT ELIMINATES THE PROVISIONS THAT BAR THE EXECUTION OF PRISONERS WHO DEMONSTRATE THEIR DEATH SENTENCES WERE IMPOSED BECAUSE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

223 yea · 191 nayAgreed to19 not voting or present
Democrat68 yea · 181 nay
Republican154 yea · 8 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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Narrow protections”

    model(0.95): Eliminates provisions protecting prisoners from execution when racial discrimination is demonstrated.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Eliminates prisoner protections against death sentences involving racial discrimination.

    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 (223)

Nay (191)

Not voting or present (19)

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