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Senate Roll Call 376, 103rd Congress · November 17, 1993

To repeal the prison caps and provide for reasonable and proper enforcement of the eighth amendment. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE THE HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 1159, TO REPEAL THE PRISON CAPS AND PROVIDE FOR REASONABLE AND PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

31 yea · 68 nayMotion to Table Failed1 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 24 nay
Republican2 yea · 42 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Tabling an amendment to repeal prison caps retains caps, favoring reform over punitive measures.

    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 (31)

Nay (68)

Not voting or present (1)

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