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House Roll Call 1055, 105th Congress · September 15, 1998

Expressing the Sense of Congress that Marijuana is a Dangerous and Addictive Drug and Should not be Legalized for Medicinal Use — H.J.R.117 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASSED H.J. RES. 117, EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT MARIJUANA IS A DANGEROUS AND ADDICTIVE DRUG AND SHOULD NOT BE LEGALIZED FOR MEDICINAL USE.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

310 yea · 93 nayPassed31 not voting or present
Democrat102 yea · 85 nay
Republican208 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 117 ↗

Expressing the sense of Congress that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and should not be legalized for medicinal use.

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) Non-binding sense-of-Congress resolution.

    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 (310)

Nay (93)

Not voting or present (31)

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