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Senate Roll Call 76, 93rd Congress · April 3, 1973

TO AMEND S. 800 SO AS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SENTENCES FOR COMMISSION OF A FELONY WITH THE USE OF A FIREARM.

81 yea · 12 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 10 nay
Republican36 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 800

Victims of Crime Act

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(0.85): Increasing penalties for firearm use in felonies aligns with gun restriction measures.

    Tagged by: keyword:firearm

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

    model(0.95): Adding sentences for felony firearm use increases criminal penalties.

    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 (81)

Nay (12)

Not voting or present (7)

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