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Senate Roll Call 518, 103rd Congress · May 19, 1994

A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase police presence, to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies and members of the community to address crime and disorder problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety. — H.R.3355 BY BROOKS (D-TX) -- VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994 PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY POLICING ACT OF 1994 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS YOUTH SERVICES AND SUPERVISION GRANT PROGRAM ACT OF 1994 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR SCHOOLS ACT NATIONAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1994 FAMILY UNITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ACT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 1994 SAFE STREETS FOR WOMEN ACT OF 1994 SAFE HOMES FOR WOMEN ACT OF 1994 CIVIL RIGHTS REMEDIES FOR GENDER-MOTIVATED VIOLENCE ACT EQUAL JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE COURTS ACT OF 1994 FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY ACT OF 1994 DRIVE-BY SHOOTING PREVENTION ACT OF 1994 DRUNK DRIVING CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1994 PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATIONAL FIREARMS USE PROTECTION ACT MORGAN P. HARDIMAN TASK FORCE ON MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ACT DRUG FREE TRUCK STOP ACT POLICE CORPS ACT LAW ENFORCEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND RECRUITMENT ACT DNA IDENTIFICATION ACT OF 1994 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION ACT SENIOR CITIZENS AGAINST MARKETING SCAMS ACT OF 1994 COMPUTER ABUSE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1994 DRIVER'S PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1994 SAFER STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACT OF 1994 RECREATIONAL HUNTING SAFETY AND PRESERVATION ACT OF 1994 (PUB. L. 103-322, APPROVED 9/13/94) (SENATE AGREED TO CONRAD/MACK MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES TO INSIST THAT THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE REPORT A CONFERENCE SUBSTITUTE PROVIDING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR STATE PRISONS SETTING CONDITIONS ON A STATE'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN DEFINITE TERMS, AND CONDITIONING THAT A STATE PROVIDE FOR TRUTH IN SENTENCING BY REQUIRING THAT VIOLENT FELONS SERVE AT LEAST 85 PERCENT OF THE PRISON TIME IMPOSED.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

74 yea · 22 nayMotion Agreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat34 yea · 18 nay
Republican39 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3355

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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.

  • Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”

    model(0.80): Advancing the Crime Bill with the Violence Against Women Act broadens civil rights protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:civil rights

    Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.85): Advancing the 1994 Crime Bill emphasizes increased policing, prisons, and punitive criminal justice measures.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Advancing the crime bill expands federal spending on law enforcement, grant programs, and prison construction.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    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 (74)

Nay (22)

Not voting or present (4)

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