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Senate Roll Call 32, 105th Congress · March 19, 1997

A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the application by the Attorney General for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of illegal fundraising in the 1996 Presidential election campaign. — (SENATE PASSED S.J.RES. 22, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL FUNDRAISING IN THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.)

Question before the chamber: On the Joint Resolution

55 yea · 44 nayJoint Resolution Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 43 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 22 ↗

A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the application by the Attorney General for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of illegal fundraising in the 1996 Presidential election campaign.

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 (0.95) Non-binding sense-of-Congress resolution does not alter criminal justice policy.

    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 (55)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (1)

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