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Senate Roll Call 115, 106th Congress · May 13, 1999

To amend chapter 44 of Title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties for the unlawful use by or transfer to juveniles of a handgun, ammunition, large capacity ammunition feeding devices, or semiautomatic assault weapons, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

96 yea · 2 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican51 yea · 2 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 254

Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999

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.

  • GunsA yea counts toward “Gun restrictions”

    model(0.95): A yes vote adopts increased restrictions and penalties on juvenile handgun transfers, moving toward gun restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:ammunition

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): A yes vote adopts enhanced criminal penalties for firearm transfers to juveniles, moving in a punitive direction.

    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 (96)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (2)

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