The U.S. Congress Votes Database

102nd Congress / Bills / S 1241

Title

A bill to control and reduce violent crime.

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Votes on this bill

DateChamberResultVote
7/11/91 Senate Passed Session 1, roll call 125: On Passage of the Bill
final passage; Violent Crime Control Act of 1991
7/9/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 118: On the Amendment
Thurmond amdt.; To establish rights of law enforcement officers.
7/9/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 117: On the Amendment
thurmond amdt; To establish discretionary literacy programs.
7/8/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 116: On the Motion to Table
rudman amdt; To provide authorizations to local law enforcement personnel to combat drugs and crime.
6/28/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 115: On the Amendment
dole amdt as amended; To propose compromise language with respect to the purchase of firearms.
6/28/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 113: On the Amendment
stevens amdt; To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish procedures for mandatory instant background checks of the criminal histories of prospective buyers of handguns and to establish mandatory prison sentences for the commission of a crime with a firearm in addition to any other penalties.
6/27/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 112: On the Amendment
d'amato amdt; To provide for mandatory prison terms for using, possessing, or carrying of a firearm during state crimes of violence or State drug trafficking crimes.
6/26/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 111: On the Amendment
Symms smdt.; To impose the death penalty for drug-related homicides in the District of Columbia.
6/26/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 110: On the Motion to Table
motion to table; To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to reflect the original intent of the authors of such Act by prohibiting preferential treatment on the basis of race.
6/26/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 109: On the Amendment
D'amatoamdt.; To provide for the death penalty for homicides involving firearms.
6/26/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 108: On the Amendment
hatch amdt.; In the nature of a substitute for the habeas corpus reform title.
6/25/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 107: On the Amendment
simon amdt; To provide for the sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without release.
6/25/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 106: On the Amendment
biden amdt; To impose the death penalty only in drug cases involving an intentional killing.
6/25/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 105: On the Amendment
thurmond amdt; To provide for uniform application of the death penalty on Indian lands.
6/25/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 104: On the Amendment
thurmondamdt; To codify the "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule.
6/20/91 Senate Rejected Session 1, roll call 103: On the Amendment
thurmond amdt; For the establishment of a federal death penalty and for other purposes.
6/20/91 Senate Agreed to Session 1, roll call 102: On the Amendment
graham amdt; To stike the section creating the Racial Justice Act.
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