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House Roll Call 768, 105th Congress · May 12, 1998

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1997 — H.R.2829 BY VISCLOSKY (D-IN) -- BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2829, TO ESTABLISH A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS PURCHASE ARMOR VESTS FOR USE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS. .)

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

412 yea · 4 nayPassed16 not voting or present
Democrat193 yea · 0 nay
Republican218 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2829 ↗

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998

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) Providing matching grants for protective police equipment does not directly adjust criminal justice punishment or 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 (412)

Nay (4)

Not voting or present (16)

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