TO TABLE ALLEN AMENDMENT #1151 TO S. 1437, AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD DELETE THE SECTION OF THE BILL THAT STATES THAT THE "EXISTENCE OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AN ELEMENT OF THE OFFENSE" AND EACH JURY MUST THEN PROVE FEDERAL JURISDICTION BEFORE DETERMINING A VERDICT.

The measure

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 JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”

  model(0.85): Tabling an amendment that requires proof of federal jurisdiction lowers the prosecution's burden of proof.

  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.