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Senate Roll Call 135, 102nd Congress · July 18, 1991

To ensure that criminals convicted of child pornography offenses serve time in prison. — H.R.2622 BY ROYBAL (D-CA) -- TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 TREASURY DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 EXECUTIVE OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992 (PUB. L. 102-141, APPROVED 10/28/91) (SENATE AGREED TO THE HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 780, ENSURING THAT CRIMINALS CONVICTED OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES SERVE TIME IN PRISON.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

99 yea · 0 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat55 yea · 0 nay
Republican42 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2622

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992

Policy area: Economics and Public 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 “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Ensuring prison time for child pornography offenses is a punitive measure.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Mandatory prison sentencing is a criminal justice measure, not a budget issue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (99)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (1)

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