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House Roll Call 731, 103rd Congress · April 20, 1994

(HOUSE REJECTED THE WYNN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT THE AWARDING OF PELL GRANTS TO ANYONE INCARCERATED IN EITHER FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL PENAL INSTITUTIONS AFTER JANUARY 1, 1996, UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STATE GOVERNORS CERTIFY THAT PELL GRANTS TO PRISONERS SHOW SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF REDUCING RECIDIVISM, ARE COST-EFFECTIVE, AND REQUIRE THAT INMATES ARE MAKING SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR WHICH THE GRANT WAS MADE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

157 yea · 263 nayFailed12 not voting or present
Democrat144 yea · 104 nay
Republican17 yea · 159 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4092 ↗

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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 JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Preserves opportunities for prisoners to receive educational grants based on recidivism reduction.

    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 (263)

Not voting or present (12)

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