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House Roll Call 1220, 96th Congress · October 1, 1980

TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1790, TO LIMIT GOVERNMENTAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS POSESSED BY PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE A REMEDY FOR PERSONS AGGRIEVED BY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT. (MOTION PASSED)

357 yea · 2 nay73 not voting or present
Democrat216 yea · 1 nay
Republican138 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1790

An act to limit governmental search and seizure of documentary materials possessed by persons, to provide a remedy for persons aggrieved by violations of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes.

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 JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.90): Limiting government search and seizure powers protects civil liberties, representing criminal justice reform.

    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 (357)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (73)

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