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House Roll Call 651, 105th Congress · February 25, 1998

H.R.2181 BY MCCOLLUM (R-FL) -- WITNESS PROTECTION AND INTERSTATE RELOCATION ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO HAVE THE COURT CHANGE FROM A DEATH SENTENCE TO A LIFE IMPRISONMENT SENTENCE IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED THE OFFENSE. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

113 yea · 300 nayFailed17 not voting or present
Democrat104 yea · 85 nay
Republican8 yea · 215 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2181 ↗

Witness Protection and Interstate Relocation 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(0.95): Replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment when guilt is doubtful is a reform-oriented, less punitive measure.

    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 (113)

Nay (300)

Not voting or present (17)

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