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House Roll Call 547, 103rd Congress · November 10, 1993

BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT — (HOUSE REJECTED THE SCHIFF MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE BILL BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A STATE OR LOCAL OFFICIAL CONDUCT A BACKGROUND CHECK OF A PROSPECTIVE HANDGUN TRANSFEREE; OR ENSURE THAT THE COSTS OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE FULLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

200 yea · 229 nayFailed4 not voting or present
Democrat57 yea · 191 nay
Republican143 yea · 37 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1025

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.

  • GunsA yea counts toward “Gun rights”

    model(0.95): Voting yes eliminates the background check requirement, expanding gun rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:background check

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Eliminating background check requirements is a gun policy matter, not a standard criminal justice reform.

    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 (200)

Nay (229)

Not voting or present (4)

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