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Senate Roll Call 646, 103rd Congress · August 2, 1994

To provide mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for criminals who use guns and for drug traffickers who use children. — (SENATE TABLED THE GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 2442, TO PROVIDE MANDATORY MINIMUM TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR CRIMINALS WHO USE GUNS AND FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS WHO USE CHILDREN IN A DRUG CONSPIRACY.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

55 yea · 44 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 3 nay
Republican3 yea · 41 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1513 ↗

Improving America's Schools Act of 1994

Policy area: Education — 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(0.90): Tabling an amendment that imposes mandatory minimum sentences defeats a punitive measure.

    Tagged by: keyword:mandatory minimum

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • EducationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Mandatory criminal minimums for drug and gun crimes do not pertain to the education policy axis.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Education

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (55)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (1)

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