House Roll Call 215, 97th Congress · October 1, 1981

TO DISCHARGE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 208, THE RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN REVISING CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. (MOTION AGREED TO)

279 yea · 126 nay27 not voting or present

Democrat119 yea · 98 nay

Republican160 yea · 26 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 208 ↗

A resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the District of Columbia Sexual Assault Reform Act of 1981.

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(0.95): Discharging the resolution allows Congress to block local criminal penalty reforms, favoring punitive policies.
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 (280)

Nay (126)

Not voting or present (27)

Joseph Patrick AddabboDid not vote
Robin Leo Beard Jr.Did not vote
James Johnston BlanchardDid not vote
Corinne Claiborne BoggsDid not vote
Shirley Anita ChisholmDid not vote
Anthony Lee CoelhoDid not vote
Thomas Joseph CorcoranDid not vote
John D. DingellDid not vote
Robert Kenneth DornanDid not vote
Billy Lee EvansDid not vote
James Joseph FlorioDid not vote
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr.Did not vote
James V. HansenDid not vote
Kenneth Lamar HollandDid not vote
Walter Beaman Jones Sr.Did not vote
Raymond Peter KogovsekDid not vote
Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
Paul Norton McCloskey Jr.Did not vote
George Miller O’BrienDid not vote
Charles Pashayan Jr.Did not vote
Claude Denson PepperDid not vote
James Henry QuillenDid not vote
Pat RobertsDid not vote
Robert A. RoeDid not vote
Gus SavageDid not vote
Paul Seward Trible Jr.Did not vote
Harold WashingtonDid not vote

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