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Senate Roll Call 444, 102nd Congress · July 30, 1992

To provide for a local initiative to increase the penalties for murder in the District of Columbia. — H.R.5517 BY DIXON, JULIAN (D-CA) -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS ACT, 1992 (VETOED, 9/30/92) (SENATE TABLED THE ADAMS AMENDMENT NO. 2796 (TO AMENDMENT NO. 2795), TO PROVIDE FOR A LOCAL INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR MURDER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

50 yea · 45 nayMotion to Table Agreed to5 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 34 nay
Republican29 yea · 11 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5517 ↗

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.

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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Increasing murder penalties in DC is a criminal justice issue, not fiscal policy.

    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 (50)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (5)

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