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Senate Roll Call 520, 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. — (SENATE AGREED TO BIDEN MODIFIED MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES TO INSIST THAT THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE REPORT A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE THAT INCLUDES THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND, ADEQUATE FUNDING TO PUT 100,000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS, FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND/OR OPERATION OF SECURE PRISON FACILITIES AND BOOT CAMPS, JAILS, AND OTHER LOW OR MEDIUM SECURITY STATE AND LOCAL FACILITIES, TOUGH PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS, A VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, FUNDING FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE SENIOR CITIZENS AGAINST MARKETING SCAMS ACT, TITLE 14 OF THE SENATE BILL, REGARDING RURAL CRIME, AND SECTION 1031 OF THE SENATE BILL, TO IMPROVE TRAINING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

94 yea · 4 nayMotion Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 0 nay
Republican39 yea · 4 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.80): Insisting on 100,000 police officers, prison construction, and tough penalties reinforces a punitive policy focus.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Instructing conferees to insist on major grant funding for police, prevention, and prisons expands federal spending.

    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 (94)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (2)

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