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House Roll Call 566, 95th Congress · September 29, 1977

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 7010. THE RAILSBACK AMENDMENT WOULD MAKE THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE ONLY TO VICTIMS OF CRIME THAT ARE SIXTY-TWO YEARS OLD OR OLDER, WOULD REQUIRE THE STATES TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF OFFENDER RESTITUTION PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WOULD COMPENSATE FOR STOLEN OR DAMAGED "ITEMS OF NECESSITY" AS WELL AS FOR PERSONAL INJURY EXPENSES.

133 yea · 253 nay46 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 226 nay
Republican102 yea · 27 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 7010 ↗

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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Victim compensation policy does not clearly align on a punitive versus reform criminal justice axis.

    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 (134)

Nay (254)

Not voting or present (46)

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