What: All Issues : Justice for All: Civil and Criminal : Punishment Fitting the Crime
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Justice for All: Civil and CriminalPunishment Fitting the Crime
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2012 Senate
Roll Call 109. (S. 3187) On an amendment to penalize pharmaceutical companies that are caught overcharging or engaging in fraud May 24, 2012. Y L
2011 Senate
Roll Call 173. (H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would have created a commission to study and improve the U.S. criminal justice system (including factors such as incarceration rates, sentencing, etc.) Oct 20, 2011. Y L
2011 House of Representatives
Roll Call 315. (H.R. 1231) On an amendment that would have required all oil and gas companies that were issued leases for oil drilling to outline a “worst-case scenario” oil spill stemming from the proposed oil drilling operations. The applicant would also have been required to submit a plan to contain and clean up the damage stemming from this worst-case scenario. May 12, 2011. Y L
2010 House of Representatives
Roll Call 602. (S. 3307) On a motion to recommit with instructions (which is the minority's opportunity to torpedo or significantly change a bill before a final up-or-down vote on the measure) on a school lunch and child nutrition bill that would have required all employees of child care operations receiving funding under the bill to submit to criminal background checks. Dec 02, 2010. N W
Roll Call 73. (H.R. 2701) Passage of legislation authorizing funding for U.S. intelligence agencies Feb 26, 2010. Y W
Roll Call 72. (H.R. 2701) Legislation authorizing funding for U.S. intelligence agencies -- On a motion to recommit with instructions Feb 26, 2010. N W
Roll Call 69. (H.R. 2701) Legislation authorizing funding for U.S. intelligence agencies -- On an amendment to make a number of technical and substantive changes to the bill, including requiring a 15-year prison sentence for intelligence officials engaging in certain interrogation techniques, and imposing new record-keeping requirements for intelligence briefings provided to Congress Feb 26, 2010. Y W
2009 Senate
Roll Call 338. HR 2847. (Fiscal 2010 Commerce-Justice-science spending) Motion to kill an amendment that would prohibit funds from being used to prosecute in federal court anyone linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks/On the motion Nov 05, 2009. Y W
Roll Call 283. HR 3288. (Fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending) Vitter of Louisiana amendment on New Orleans housing restrictions/On agreeing to the amendment Sep 17, 2009. N W
2009 House of Representatives
Roll Call 784. (H.R. 2892) On passage of the conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the Department of Homeland Security Oct 15, 2009. Y W
Roll Call 783. (H.R. 2892) The conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the Department of Homeland Security - - on a motion to send the report back to the conference that developed it with instructions not to agree to any language that would allow a detainee held at the Guantanamo Bay prison to be brought to the United States for prosecution or incarceration Oct 15, 2009. N W
Roll Call 770. (H.R. 2647) On passage of the conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate on the legislation authorizing fiscal year 2010 funds for the Defense Department Oct 08, 2009. Y W
Roll Call 769. (H.R. 2647) The conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate authorizing fiscal year 2010 funds for the Defense Department - - on a motion to send the measure back to the House-Senate conference committee that developed it, and eliminate any provision providing for the transfer or release of individuals imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay Oct 08, 2009. N W
Roll Call 765. (H.Res. 808) The conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate authorizing fiscal year 2010 funds for the Defense Department - - on the resolution setting the terms for debating the conference report Oct 08, 2009. Y W
Roll Call 764. (H.Res. 808) The conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate authorizing fiscal year 2010 funds for the Defense Department - - on a motion to move to an immediate vote on the resolution setting the terms for debating the conference report Oct 08, 2009. Y W
Roll Call 746. (H.R. 2892) The conference report containing the agreement between the House and Senate on the legislation providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the Department of Homeland Security - - on a motion to instruct the House representatives to the House-Senate conference that would develop the report not to add any language that would allow the transfer to the United States of terrorism suspects being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Oct 01, 2009. N L
Roll Call 361. (H.R.2847) On the Lewis of California amendment that would have prohibited any money in the bill providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice from being used to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility Jun 18, 2009. N W
Roll Call 360. (H.R.2847) On the Lewis of California amendment that would have prohibited any money in the bill providing fiscal year 2010 funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice to be used to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility Jun 18, 2009. N W
Roll Call 329. (H.R.2346) Legislation providing supplemental fiscal year 2009 spending authority for a number of federal departments and agencies - - on instructing the House Members negotiating the final version of the bill with the Senate conferees to agree both to certain lower Senate-passed spending levels, and to the Senate-passed prohibition on the release of photographs of suspected terrorists being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison Jun 11, 2009. N L
2007 Senate
Roll Call 340. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2008 (H.R. 1585), Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) amendment to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States/Motion to invoke cloture (end debate and put to a vote) Sep 19, 2007. Y L
Roll Call 283. HR 1. (Sept. 11 commission recommendations) DeMint of South Carolina motion to insist that convicted felons not be eligible for a new transportation worker identification card/On the motion Jul 26, 2007. N W
Roll Call 54. Amendment to S. 4 (enacting recommendations of the 9/11 Commission) to specify the criminal offenses that disqualify an applicant from the receipt of a transportation security I.D. Feb 28, 2007. Y W
2007 House of Representatives
Roll Call 171. H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007/On motion to recommit with instructions Mar 21, 2007. N L
Roll Call 134. H.R. 720 (Water Quality Financing Act)/On motion to recommit with instructions to include an amendment barring certain felons from boarding ships with a transportation-worker identification card Mar 09, 2007. N L
2005 House of Representatives
Roll Call 168. H.R. 1279. Crime/Vote on Passage of Bill to Punish and Deter Gang Violence. May 11, 2005. N L
Roll Call 167. H.R. 1279. Crime/Procedural Vote on Motion to Recommit with Instructions (Amend or Kill) Bill to Punish and Deter Gang Violence. May 11, 2005. Y L
Roll Call 165. H.R. 1279. Crime/Vote on Amendment to Enhance Penalties for Crimes Committed by Illegal Aliens. May 11, 2005. N L
Roll Call 164. H. Res. 268. Crime/Procedural Vote to Proceed to Consideration of a Bill to Punish and Deter Gang Violence. May 11, 2005. N L
Roll Call 35. H.R. 310, a Bill to Increase Penalties for Indecent Behavior on Television or Radio. Feb 16, 2005. N L
Roll Call 34. H. Res. 95. Procedural Vote to Proceed to Consideration of H.R. 310, a Bill to Increase Penalties for Indecent Behavior on Television or Radio. Feb 16, 2005. N L
2004 Senate
Roll Call 144. Full Senate vote on a Democratic amendment, offered to a bill to authorize Defense Department spending for FY05 (S. 2400), to compel Attorney General John Ashcroft to hand over all documents related to the treatment and interrogation of detainees held in U.S. custody. Jun 23, 2004. Y L
Roll Call 118. A vote to table (kill) a Democratic amendment to the fiscal year 2005 Defense Authorization Act (S. 2400) to prohibit the use of private contractors in the interrogation of prisoners and offensive military operations and establish certain restrictions with respect to the transfer of prisoners to contractors and foreign nations. Jun 16, 2004. N L
2003 Senate
Roll Call 279. H.R. 2658. Fiscal 2004 Defense Appropriations/Procedural Vote to Defeat an Amendment Designed to Identify U.S. Military Intentions on the Legal Handling of Detained Individuals. Jul 16, 2003. N L
2003 House of Representatives
Roll Call 421. H.R. 2799. Fiscal 2004 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations/Vote to Restrict the Number of Death Penalty Convictions. Jul 23, 2003. Y L
Roll Call 87. H.R. 1104. Protections for Children/Vote to Impose Minimum Sentencing Guidelines and Thereby Reduce Judges' Discretion in Cases Involving Child Pornography and Sexual Abuse. Mar 27, 2003. N L
Roll Call 86. H.R. 1104. Protections for Children/Vote to Allow Consideration of a Bill to Impose Minimum Sentencing Guidelines and Thereby Reduce Judges' Discretion in Cases Involving Child Pornography and Sexual Abuse. Mar 26, 2003. N L
2002 House of Representatives
Roll Call 63. HR 2146. Mandatory Sentencing for Repeat Sex Offenders/Vote to Commission a Study to Examine the Impact of the "Two Strikes and You're Out" Criteria for Repeat Child Sex Offenders. Mar 14, 2002. Y W

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