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House Roll Call 808, 97th Congress · December 20, 1982

TO AGREE TO ORDER A SECOND ON THE HUGHES MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3963 AND CONCUR IN THAT AMENDMENT. H.R. 3963 AMENDS THE CONTRACT SERVICES FOR DRUG DEPENDENT FEDERAL OFFENDERS ACT OF 1978 TO EXTEND THE PERIODS FOR WHICH FUNDS ARE AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED. THE SENATE AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, A NEW CRIMINAL AID PROGRAM FOR STATES, NEW PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS AND FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO TRY CERTAIN REPEAT VIOLATORS OF STATE LAW. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)

275 yea · 15 nay143 not voting or present
Democrat148 yea · 11 nay
Republican124 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3963

Violent Crime and Drug Enforcement Improvements Act of 1982

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(0.90): Providing tougher penalties for drug trafficking is punitive.

    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 (275)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (143)

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