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Senate Roll Call 362, 103rd Congress · November 9, 1993

To impose mandatory prison terms for use, possession, or carrying of a firearm or destructive device during a State crime of violence or State drug trafficking crime, and the death penalty for murders involving firearms. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE D'AMATO AMENDMENT NO. 1147 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1130, AS AMENDED, TO IMPOSE MANDATORY PRISON TERMS FOR USE, POSSESSION, OR CARRYING OF A FIREARM OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE DURING A STATE CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR STATE DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME, AND THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS INVOLVING FIREARMS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

58 yea · 42 nayAmendment Agreed to
Democrat22 yea · 32 nay
Republican35 yea · 9 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.

  • GunsA yea counts toward “Gun restrictions”

    model(0.90): Mandatory sentences for possessing or using firearms during crimes represent tighter gun restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:firearm

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Mandatory prison terms and the death penalty move criminal justice toward a more punitive stance.

    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 (58)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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