House Roll Call 849, 98th Congress · September 18, 1984

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3336, A BILL AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE TO MODIFY THE INSANITY DEFENSE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. MOTION FAILED;2/3 REQUIRED)

225 yea · 171 nay36 not voting or present

Democrat189 yea · 46 nay

Republican34 yea · 124 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3336 ↗

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to modify the insanity defense in the Federal courts, 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 (0.80) The text states it modifies the insanity defense without specifying if it restricts or expands the defense.
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 (225)

Nay (171)

Not voting or present (36)

William Vollie Alexander Jr.Did not vote
Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr.Did not vote
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr.Did not vote
Corinne Claiborne BoggsDid not vote
Edward Patrick BolandDid not vote
Rodney Dennis ChandlerDid not vote
Richard Bruce CheneyDid not vote
Cardiss CollinsDid not vote
Brian Joseph DonnellyDid not vote
Joseph Daniel EarlyDid not vote
Edward Farrell FeighanDid not vote
Geraldine Anne FerraroDid not vote
Thomas Michael FogliettaDid not vote
William Webster FranklinDid not vote
Newton Leroy GingrichDid not vote
Phil GrammDid not vote
Frank Joseph Guarini Jr.Did not vote
Tom HarkinDid not vote
Cecil Landau HeftelDid not vote
Marjorie Sewell HoltDid not vote
Peter Houston KostmayerDid not vote
Richard Henry LehmanDid not vote
William LehmanDid not vote
William David LoweryDid not vote
Kenneth Hood MacKay Jr.Did not vote
Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
James Grubbs MartinDid not vote
Raymond Joseph McGrathDid not vote
John Joseph MoakleyDid not vote
Jim MoodyDid not vote
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.Did not vote
James Michael ShannonDid not vote
Paul Martin SimonDid not vote
Gerry Eastman StuddsDid not vote
Barbara Farrell VucanovichDid not vote
Lyle WilliamsDid not vote

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