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Senate Roll Call 361, 103rd Congress · November 9, 1993

To make carjacking a Federal offense without regard to whether the offense is committed with the use of a firearm and to authorize imposition of the death penalty if death results from commission of the offense. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE LIEBERMAN AMENDMENT NO. 1141, TO MAKE CARJACKING A FEDERAL OFFENSE WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE OFFENSE IS COMMITTED WITH THE USE OF A FIREARM AND TO AUTHORIZE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IF DEATH RESULTS FROM COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

65 yea · 34 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat30 yea · 23 nay
Republican34 yea · 10 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1607

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993

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.

  • GunsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Federalizing carjacking regardless of firearm use does not directly expand or restrict gun rights.

    Tagged by: keyword:firearm

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Federalizing carjacking and authorizing the death penalty expands punitive criminal law.

    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 (65)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (1)

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