Senate Roll Call 375, 103rd Congress · November 17, 1993
To restrict the manufacture, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. — S.1607 BY BIDEN (D-DE) -- VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1993 PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY POLICING ACT OF 1993 FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1993 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING PREVENTION ACT OF 1993 AN ACT TO ENFORCE THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND TO REFORM HABEAS CORPUS NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 JACOB WETTERLING CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN REGISTRATION ACT DNA IDENTIFICATION ACT OF 1993 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION ACT OF 1993 POLICE CORPS ACT LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND RECRUITMENT ACT FEDERAL PRISONER DRUG TESTING ACT OF 1993 DRUG TREATMENT IN FEDERAL PRISONS ACT OF 1993 DRUG FREE TRUCK STOP ACT CHEMICAL CONTROL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1993 DRUNK DRIVING CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 NATIONAL COMMISSION TO STUDY THE CAUSES OF THE DEMAND FOR DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMISSION TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT ILLEGAL DRUG PROFITS ACT OF 1993 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION ACT CONSUMER PROTECTION AGAINST CREDIT CARD FRAUD ACT OF 1993 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FRAUD PROSECUTION ACT OF 1991 COMPUTER ABUSE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1993 INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPPING CRIME ACT OF 1993 SAFE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1993 SAFER STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACT OF 1993 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 1993 SAFE STREETS FOR WOMEN ACT OF 1993 SAFE HOMES FOR WOMEN ACT OF 1993 CIVIL RIGHTS REMEDIES FOR GENDER-MOTIVATED VIOLENCE ACT EQUAL JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE COURTS ACT OF 1993 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE ANTI-FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT OF 1993 SENIOR CITIZENS AGAINST MARKETING SCAMS ACT OF 1993 NATIONAL TRIAD PROGRAM ACT CHILD SAFETY ACT SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS ACT ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT OF 1993 MORGAN P. HARDIMAN TASK FORCE ON MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ACT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FIREARM PREVENTION ACT FAMILY UNITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ACT DRIVERS' PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATIONAL FIREARMS USE PROTECTION ACT POLICE PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN ACT OF 1993 NATIONAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1993 RECREATIONAL HUNTING SAFETY AND PRESERVATION ACT OF 1993 STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT NATIONAL COMMISSION TO STUDY THE CAUSES OF THE DEMAND FOR DRUGS IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMISSION TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OFFICE OF CORRECTIONAL JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT ACT OF 1993 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS YOUTH SERVICES AND SUPERVISION GRANT PROGRAM ACT OF 1993 (CRIME BILL) (SENATE AGREED TO THE FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 1152 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1151, TO RESTRICT THE MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.)
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
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.
- Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Assault weapon restrictions are unrelated to health care coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- GunsA yea counts toward “Gun restrictions”
model(0.95): Restricting manufacture and possession of assault weapons increases gun restrictions.
Tagged by: keyword:firearm,ammunition
Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights
- Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Assault weapon restrictions do not map directly onto the civil rights axis.
Tagged by: keyword:civil rights
Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections
- Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Assault weapon restrictions do not map directly onto punitive versus reform criminal justice axis.
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 (56)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Max Baucus
- Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- David Lyle Boren
- Barbara Boxer
- William Warren Bradley
- George Hanks Brown
- Dale Bumpers
- Robert C. Byrd
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell
- John Hubbard Chafee
- Daniel Coats
- Kent Conrad
- John Claggett Danforth
- Thomas A. Daschle
- Dennis Webster DeConcini
- Christopher J. Dodd
- J. James Exon
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Wendell Hampton Ford
- John Herschel Glenn Jr.
- Bob Graham
- Tom Harkin
- Mark Odom Hatfield
- Daniel K. Inouye
- James M. Jeffords
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum
- Edward M. Kennedy
- J. Robert Kerrey
- John F. Kerry
- Herb Kohl
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Richard G. Lugar
- Harlan Mathews
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- George John Mitchell
- Carol Moseley Braun
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Augustus Nunn
- Robert William Packwood
- Claiborne de Borda Pell
- David Hampton Pryor
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.
- Charles S. Robb
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- William V. Roth Jr.
- Paul S. Sarbanes
- Paul Martin Simon
- Paul David Wellstone
- Harris Wofford
Nay (43)
- Robert F. Bennett
- Jeff Bingaman
- Christopher S. Bond
- John B. Breaux
- Richard H. Bryan
- Conrad Burns
- Thad Cochran
- William Sebastian Cohen
- Paul D. Coverdell
- Larry E. Craig
- Alfonse Marcello D’Amato
- Robert Joseph Dole
- Pete V. Domenici
- David Ferdinand Durenberger
- Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth
- T. Slade Gorton
- Phil Gramm
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Howell Thomas Heflin
- Jesse Helms
- Ernest F. Hollings
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- John Bennett Johnston Jr.
- Dirk Kempthorne
- Trent Lott
- Connie Mack III
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank H. Murkowski
- Don Nickles
- Larry Lee Pressler
- Harry Reid
- James Ralph Sasser
- Richard C. Shelby
- Alan Kooi Simpson
- Robert Smith
- Arlen Specter
- Ted F. Stevens
- J. Strom Thurmond
- Malcolm Wallop
- John W. Warner
Not voting or present (1)
- Byron L. DorganDid not vote
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