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 D'AMATO MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CONFEREES TO INSIST THAT THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE REPORT A CONFERENCE SUBSTITUTE THAT INCLUDES SECTION 2405 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT ENTITLED "MANDATORY PRISON TERMS FOR THE USE, POSSESSION, OR CARRRYING OF A FIREARM OR DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE DURING A STATE CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR STATE DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME", AND SECTION 2406, RELATING TO MURDERS COMMITTED WITH A FIREARM.)

The measure

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(0.80): Mandating federal prison sentences for carrying or using firearms during crimes increases legal restrictions on guns.

  Tagged by: keyword:firearm

  Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

• Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

  model(0.90): Insisting on mandatory prison terms for firearm-related crimes moves toward a more punitive justice system.

  Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

  Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

• Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

  excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Instructing conferees on mandatory prison sentences for firearm offenses is a policy vote without a clear fiscal direction.

  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.