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House Roll Call 313, 102nd Congress · October 22, 1991

OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1991 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE HYDE MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE BILL BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE PROVISIONS REGARDING HABEAS CORPUS REFORM AND RACIAL BIAS CLAIMS BY PRISONERS UNDER A DEATH SENTENCE IN HABEAS APPEALS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

201 yea · 221 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 212 nay
Republican161 yea · 7 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Instructs committee to eliminate habeas corpus reform and racial bias claim protections.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Habeas corpus and death penalty amendment motion is unrelated to 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 (201)

Nay (221)

Not voting or present (11)

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