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House Roll Call 79, 102nd Congress · May 8, 1991

BRADY HANDGUN PREVENTION ACT — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MCCOLLUM MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO REPORT THE SAME BACK UNTIL IT HAD CONDUCTED A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE STUDY, INCLUDING HEARINGS, OF THE PROVISIONS AND MERITS OF THE BILL IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT OF THE VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEM CONFRONTING THE NATION AND THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON VIOLENT CRIME OF MARCH 12, 1991.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

162 yea · 265 nayFailed3 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 214 nay
Republican120 yea · 49 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7 ↗

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Motion instructs committee to hold hearings and study the issue before reporting the bill.

    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 (162)

Nay (265)

Not voting or present (3)

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