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Senate Roll Call 13, 102nd Congress · February 20, 1991

To amend the Omnibus Export Amendments Act of 1991 to include a provision to establish constitutional procedures for the imposition of the death penalty for terrorist murders. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE THE SPECTER MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 3, TO ESTABLISH CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORIST MURDERS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

23 yea · 74 nayMotion to Table Failed3 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 36 nay
Republican6 yea · 36 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 320

Omnibus Export Amendments Act of 1991

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — 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(0.85): Tabling an amendment to establish a death penalty prevents adoption of a punitive measure.

    Tagged by: keyword:death penalty

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Death penalty amendment to export bill is unrelated to trade.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Establishing a death penalty for terrorist murders is unrelated to federal 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 (23)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (3)

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