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Senate Roll Call 690, 103rd Congress · August 25, 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 THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R.3355, TO AMEND THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1986 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.)

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

61 yea · 38 nayConference Report Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat53 yea · 1 nay
Republican6 yea · 37 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(0.85): Passing the conference report adopts major tough-on-crime penalties and prison expansion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Passing conference report appropriates grants for law enforcement, expanding 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 (61)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (1)

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