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House Roll Call 737, 103rd Congress · April 21, 1994

TO CONTROL AND PREVENT CRIME — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MCCOLLUM MOTION TO RECOMMIT H.R. 4092 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT INTENDED TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN SENTENCING BY ENSURING THAT A DEFENDANT'S OR VICTIM'S RACE IS NOT AN ADMISSIBLE CONSIDERATION IN DECISIONS TO SEEK OR IMPOSE CRIMINAL PENALTIES; FORBID THE PROSECUTOR OR DEFENSE ATTORNEY FROM MAKING STATEMENTS BEFORE THE JURY THAT APPEAL TO RACIAL PREJUDICE; ALLOW A TRIAL TO BE MOVED IF AN IMPARTIAL JURY CANNOT BE ASSEMBLED; AND FORBID RACIAL QUOTAS OR STATISTICAL TESTS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. .)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

192 yea · 235 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat22 yea · 225 nay
Republican170 yea · 9 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.80): Adopts instructions prohibiting racial discrimination and racial prejudice appeals in criminal trials.

    Tagged by: keyword:discrimination

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.80): Adopts safeguards against racial prejudice in criminal sentencing.

    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 (192)

Nay (235)

Not voting or present (5)

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