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House Roll Call 504, 96th Congress · October 12, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 2061, BY PERMITTING USE OF FORMULA GRANT FUNDS TO PURCHASE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND FINGERPRINT EQUIPMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, IF PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR PROJECT. (MOTION FAILED)

149 yea · 174 nay109 not voting or present
Democrat86 yea · 113 nay
Republican62 yea · 61 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2061

Justice System Improvement Act of 1979

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 “Punitive”

    model(0.80): Funding photographic and fingerprint equipment enhances traditional law enforcement hardware.

    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 (149)

Nay (175)

Not voting or present (109)

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