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Senate Roll Call 852, 97th Congress · September 24, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 6596, A BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS AND CERTAIN INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANS-SIBERIAN PIPELINE. (MOTION PASSED)

80 yea · 1 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 1 nay
Republican46 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6596

A bill to modify the mandatory sentence structure for the use of a firearm in the commission of a Federal felony, to establish a mandatory sentence for the use of a cutting or stabbing weapon in the commission of a Federal felony, 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 JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding sense of the Senate resolution unrelated to domestic criminal justice policy.

    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 (84)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (15)

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