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House Roll Call 707, 104th Congress · October 18, 1995

H.R.2259 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- CERTAIN SENTENCING GUIDELINE AMENDMENTS, DISAPPROVAL (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL DISAPPROVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR POWDER COCAINE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

98 yea · 316 nayFailed18 not voting or present
Democrat89 yea · 94 nay
Republican8 yea · 222 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2259 ↗

To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments.

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 “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.90): Voting yes supports equalizing crack and powder cocaine sentencing guidelines, a reform position.

    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 (98)

Nay (316)

Not voting or present (18)

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