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House Roll Call 649, 105th Congress · February 24, 1998

To provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms, and for other purposes. — H.R.424 BY MYRICK (R-NC) -- INCREASED MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR FIREARMS VIOLATIONS, PROVISION (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 424, TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CRIMINALS POSESSING FIREARMS.)

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

350 yea · 59 nayPassed21 not voting or present
Democrat130 yea · 53 nay
Republican219 yea · 6 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 424 ↗

To provide for increased mandatory minimum sentences for criminals possessing firearms, and for other purposes.

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(0.95): Increasing mandatory minimum sentences imposes harsher penalties, moving toward a more punitive justice system.

    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 (350)

Nay (59)

Not voting or present (21)

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