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House Roll Call 750, 103rd Congress · May 5, 1994

PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATION FIREARMS USE PROTECTION ACT — H.R.4296 BY SCHUMER (D-NY) -- PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATIONAL FIREARMS USE PROTECTION ACT (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 4296, TO MAKE UNLAWFUL THE TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

216 yea · 214 nayPassed2 not voting or present
Democrat176 yea · 71 nay
Republican39 yea · 143 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4296 ↗

Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Banning assault weapons creates new criminal prohibitions and penalties, moving toward punitive policy.

    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 (216)

Nay (214)

Not voting or present (2)

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