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House Roll Call 103, 104th Congress · February 8, 1995

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SMITH OF TEXAS AMENDMENT THAT PROVIDES THAT THE AUTOMATIC STAY OF EXECUTION PROVISIONS WILL TERMINATE UPON COMPLETION OF STATE COURT REVIEW UNLESS THE PETITIONER HAS MADE A SUBSTANTITAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A FEDERAL RIGHT.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

241 yea · 189 nayAgreed to4 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 175 nay
Republican222 yea · 13 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 729 ↗

Effective Death Penalty Act of 1995

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(0.95): Limits automatic stays of execution for inmates appealing state court rulings.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (241)

Nay (189)

Not voting or present (4)

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