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House Roll Call 869, 103rd Congress · June 24, 1994

H.R.4603 BY MOLLOHAN (D-WV) -- DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE ACT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995 (PUB. L. 103-317, APPROVED 8/26/94) (HOUSE REJECTED THE SMITH OF TEXAS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO CUT $925,000 FROM THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

171 yea · 209 nayFailed56 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 194 nay
Republican151 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4603

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995

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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) A general DOJ administrative budget cut does not clearly map to criminal justice philosophy.

    Tagged by: keyword:criminal justice

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote cuts $925,000 from the Department of Justice budget.

    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 (171)

Nay (212)

Not voting or present (56)

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