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House Roll Call 708, 104th Congress · October 18, 1995

To disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments — (HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT OF NORTH CAROLINA MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE BILL BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT PROVIDES THAT THE SENTENCING BOARD REPORT BACK TO CONGRESS THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS NOT LATER THAN MARCH 1, 1996.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

149 yea · 266 nayFailed17 not voting or present
Democrat136 yea · 47 nay
Republican12 yea · 219 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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A motion requiring a report back by a specific date is procedural.

    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 (149)

Nay (266)

Not voting or present (17)

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