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Senate Roll Call 239, 104th Congress · June 7, 1995

To retain an avenue for appeal in the case of prisoners who can demonstrate actual innocence. — (SENATE TABLED LEVIN MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1245 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1199, TO RETAIN AN AVENUE FOR APPEAL IN THE CASE OF PRISONERS WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE ACTUAL INNOCENCE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

62 yea · 37 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 33 nay
Republican49 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 735 ↗

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty 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.

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment preserving appeals for actual innocence upholds stricter limits on post-conviction relief.

    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 (62)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (1)

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