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House Roll Call 115, 105th Congress · May 8, 1997

Juvenile Crime Control Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

174 yea · 243 nayFailed16 not voting or present
Democrat169 yea · 27 nay
Republican4 yea · 216 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): A yes on recommitting with instructions adopts a substitute emphasizing reform and prevention over punitive juvenile measures.

    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 (174)

Nay (243)

Not voting or present (16)

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