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House Roll Call 112, 105th Congress · May 8, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE SCOTT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE AUTHORIZATION TO USE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK GRANTS FOR BUILDING, EXPANDING OR OPERATING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT JUVENILE CORRECTION OR DETENTION FACILITIES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

101 yea · 321 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat96 yea · 102 nay
Republican4 yea · 219 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3 ↗

Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997

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): Striking authorization to build and operate juvenile detention facilities shifts away from punitive measures toward reform.

    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 (101)

Nay (321)

Not voting or present (11)

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