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House Roll Call 930, 104th Congress · March 14, 1996

H.R.2703 BY HYDE (R-IL) -- EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY AND PUBLIC SAFETY ACT OF 1996 CRIMINAL ALIEN DEPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1995 INTERNATIONAL COUNTERFEITING PREVENTION ACT OF 1996 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ENHANCED PENALTIES ACT OF 1996 (HOUSE REJECTED THE WATT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE PROVISIONS RELATING TO "HABEAS CORPUS" REFORM THAT PLACE STRICT LIMITS ON THE ABILITY OF STATE DEATH ROW PRISONERS TO CHALLENGE IN FEDERAL COURT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THEIR CONVICTION OR SENTENCE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

135 yea · 283 nayFailed13 not voting or present
Democrat121 yea · 65 nay
Republican13 yea · 218 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2703 ↗

Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996

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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Habeas corpus reform for death row prisoners does not impact immigration policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:deportation

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.90): Striking habeas corpus restrictions for death row prisoners is reform-oriented.

    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 (135)

Nay (283)

Not voting or present (13)

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