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Candidate Notes on 01-HR912

 


01-HR912 on Mar 7, 2001

Title: To reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed.
    Summary: Authorizes a person convicted of a Federal crime to apply for DNA testing to support a claim that the person did not commit:

  1. the Federal crime of which the person was convicted; or

  2. any other offense that a sentencing authority may have relied upon when it sentenced the person with respect to such crime.

  3. Prohibits a State from denying an application for DNA testing made by a prisoner in State custody who is under sentence of death if specified conditions apply.

  4. Provides grants to prosecutors for DNA testing programs.

  5. Establishes the National Commission on Capital Representation.

  • Withholds funds from States not complying with standards for capital representation.

  • Provides for capital defense incentive grants and resource grants.

  • Increases compensation in Federal cases, and sets forth provisions regarding compensation in State cases, where an individual is unjustly sentenced to death.

  • Adds a certification requirement in Federal death penalty prosecutions.

  • Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the execution of juvenile offenders and the mentally retarded.

    • Participating counts on VoteMatch question 8.



    Democrats participating in 01-HR912

    Neil Abercrombie s1pHawaii Democrat
    Gary Ackerman s1pNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
    Daniel Akaka s1pHI Democrat Jr Senator
    Tom Allen s1pMaine Democrat
    Joe Baca s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Brian Baird s1pWashington Democrat
    John Baldacci s1pMaine Democrat
    Tammy Baldwin s1pWisconsin Democrat
    Tom Barrett s1pWisconsin Democrat
    Shelley Berkley s1pNevada Democrat
    Howard Berman s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Jeff Bingaman s1pNM Democrat Jr Senator
    Rod Blagojevich s1pIL Democrat
    Earl Blumenauer s1pOregon Democrat
    David Bonior s1pMichigan Democrat
    Leonard Boswell s1pIowa Democrat
    Rick Boucher s1pVirginia Democrat
    Barbara Boxer s1pCA Democratic incumbent
    Allen Boyd s1pFlorida Democrat
    Robert Brady s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Corrine Brown s1pFlorida Democrat
    Sherrod Brown s1pOH Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep.
    Maria Cantwell s1pWA Democrat Jr Senator
    Lois Capps s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Michael Capuano s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Benjamin Cardin s1pMaryland Democrat
    Julia Carson s1pIndiana Democrat
    William Lacy Clay s1pMissouri Democrat
    Eva Clayton s1pNorth Carolina Democrat (Until 2004)
    Hillary Clinton s1pNY Democrat Jr Senator
    James Clyburn s1pSouth Carolina Democrat
    John Conyers s1pMichigan Democrat
    Jon Corzine s1pNJ Democrat
    Jerry Costello s1pIllinois Democrat
    William Coyne s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Joseph Crowley s1pNew York Democrat
    Elijah Cummings s1pMaryland Democrat
    Danny Davis s1pIllinois Democrat
    Susan Davis s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Peter Defazio s1pOregon Democrat
    Diana DeGette s1pColorado Democrat
    Bill Delahunt s1wMassachusetts Democrat
    Rosa DeLauro s1pConnecticut Democrat
    Norm Dicks s1pWashington Democrat
    Chris Dodd s1pCT Democratic incumbent
    Lloyd Doggett s1pTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
    Cal Dooley s1pCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
    Mike Doyle s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Richard Durbin s1pIL Democrat Sr Senator
    John Edwards s1pNC Former Democrat Senator; retired to run for President, 2004
    Eliot Engel s1pNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Anna Eshoo s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Lane Evans s1pIllinois Democrat
    Eni Faleomavaega s1pSamoa Democrat
    Sam Farr s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Chaka Fattah s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Russell Feingold s1pPOTUS Democrat
    Bob Filner s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Harold Ford s1pTennessee Democrat
    Barney Frank s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Dick Gephardt s1pMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
    Luis Gutierrez s1pIllinois Democrat
    Tony Hall s1pOhio Democrat
    Alcee Hastings s1pFlorida Democrat
    Earl Hilliard s1pAlabama Democrat
    Maurice Hinchey s1pNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
    Ruben Hinojosa s1pTexas Democrat
    Rush Holt s1pNew Jersey Democrat
    Mike Honda s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Darlene Hooley s1pOregon Democrat
    Steny Hoyer s1pMaryland Democrat
    Daniel Inouye s1pHI Democratic incumbent
    Jay Inslee s1pWashington Democrat
    Steve Israel s1pNew York Democrat
    Jesse Louis Jackson s1pIllinois Democrat
    William Jefferson s1pLouisiana Democrat
    Eddie Bernice Johnson s1pTexas Democrat
    Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1pOhio Democrat
    Paul Kanjorski s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Marcy Kaptur s1pOhio Democrat
    Patrick Kennedy s1pRhode Island Democrat
    Ted Kennedy s1pMA Democrat Sr Senator
    John Kerry s1pMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
    Dale Kildee s1pMichigan Democrat
    Carolyn Kilpatrick s1pMichigan Democrat
    Ron Kind s1pWisconsin Democrat
    Jerry Kleczka s1pWisconsin Democrat (Until 2004)
    Dennis Kucinich s1pOhio Democrat
    John LaFalce s1pNew York Democrat/Ind./Lib. (Until 2004
    Nicholas Lampson s1pTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
    James Langevin s1pRhode Island Democrat
    Tom Lantos s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Rick Larsen s1pWashington Democrat
    John Larson s1pConnecticut Democrat
    Patrick Leahy s1wVT Democratic incumbent
    Barbara Lee s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Sheila Jackson Lee s1pTexas Democrat
    Carl Levin s1pMI Democrat Sr Senator
    Sander Levin s1pMichigan Democrat
    John Lewis s1pGeorgia Democrat
    Joseph Lieberman s1pCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
    William Lipinski s1pIllinois Democrat (Until 2004)
    Zoe Lofgren s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Nita Lowey s1pNew York Democrat
    Bill Luther s1pMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    Carolyn Maloney s1pNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Jim Maloney s1pConnecticut Democrat (retired)
    Ed Markey s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Robert Matsui s1pCalifornia Democrat (deceased)
    Carolyn McCarthy s1pNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
    Karen McCarthy s1pMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
    Betty McCollum s1pMinnesota Democrat
    Jim McDermott s1pWashington Democrat
    Jim McGovern s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Cynthia McKinney s1pGeorgia Democrat
    Michael McNulty s1pNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
    Marty Meehan s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Carrie Meek s1pFlorida Democrat (retired 2002)
    Gregory Meeks s1pNew York Dem./Working-Families
    Barbara Mikulski s1pMD Democratic incumbent
    Juanita Millender-McDonald s1pCalifornia Democrat
    George Miller s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Patsy Mink s1pHawaii Democrat
    Joe Moakley s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Dennis Moore s1pKansas Democrat
    James Moran s1pVirginia Democrat
    John Murtha s1pPennsylvania Democrat
    Jerrold Nadler s1pNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
    Grace Napolitano s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Richard Neal s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Eleanor Holmes Norton s1pDistrict of Columbia Democrat
    James Oberstar s1pMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    John Olver s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Major Owens s1pNew York Democrat/Working-Families
    Frank Pallone s1pNew Jersey Democrat
    Bill Pascrell s1pNew Jersey Democrat
    Ed Pastor s1pArizona Democrat
    Donald Payne s1pNew Jersey Democrat
    Nancy Pelosi s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Collin Peterson s1pMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    David Phelps s1pIllinois Democrat
    Earl Pomeroy s1pNorth Dakota Democrat
    David Eugene Price s1pNorth Carolina Democrat
    Nick Rahall s1pWest Virginia Democrat
    Jack Reed s1pRI Democrat Sr Senator
    Silvestre Reyes s1pTexas Democrat
    Lynn Nancy Rivers s1pMichigan Democrat
    Ciro Rodriguez s1pTexas Democrat
    Tim Roemer s1pIndiana Democrat
    Steven Rothman s1pNew Jersey Democrat
    Lucille Roybal-Allard s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Bobby Rush s1pIllinois Democrat
    Martin Sabo s1pMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    Loretta Sanchez s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Max Sandlin s1pTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
    Paul Sarbanes s1pMD Democrat Sr Senator
    Tom Sawyer s1pOhio Democrat
    Jan Schakowsky s1pIllinois Democrat
    Bobby Scott s1pVirginia Democrat
    Jose Serrano s1pNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Brad Sherman s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Louise Slaughter s1pNew York Democrat
    David Adam Smith s1pWashington Democrat
    Hilda Solis s1pCalifornia Democrat
    John Spratt s1pSouth Carolina Democrat
    Pete Stark s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Ted Strickland s1pOH Democrat
    Bart Stupak s1pMichigan Democrat
    Ellen Tauscher s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Bennie Thompson s1pMississippi Democrat
    Karen Thurman s1pFlorida Democrat
    John Tierney s1pMassachusetts Democrat
    Bob Torricelli s1pNJ Democrat Jr Senator
    Ed Towns s1pNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Jim Traficant s1pOhio Democrat
    Mark Udall s1pCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
    Tom Udall s1pNew Mexico Democrat
    Nydia Velazquez s1pNew York Democrat/Working-Families
    Maxine Waters s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Diane Watson s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Mel Watt s1pNorth Carolina Democrat
    Henry Waxman s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Anthony Weiner s1pNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Paul Wellstone s1pMN Democrat Senator (Former)
    Robert Wexler s1pFlorida Democrat
    Lynn Woolsey s1pCalifornia Democrat
    Albert Wynn s1pMaryland Democrat



    Republicans participating in 01-HR912

    Spencer Bachus s1pAlabama Republican
    Roscoe Bartlett s1pMaryland Republican
    Charlie Bass s1pNew Hampshire Republican
    Sherry Boehlert s1pNew York Republican/Independence
    John Boehner s1pOhio Republican
    Mary Bono s1pCalifornia Republican
    Dan Burton s1pIndiana Republican
    Dave Camp s1pMichigan Republican
    Michael Castle s1pDelaware Republican
    Lincoln Chafee s1pRI Republican Jr Senator
    John Howard Coble s1pNorth Carolina Republican
    Susan Collins s1pME Republican Jr Senator
    Philip Crane s1pIllinois Republican (Until 2004)
    Tom Davis s1pVirginia Republican
    Jennifer Dunn s1pWashington Republican (Until 2004)
    Vernon Ehlers s1pMichigan Republican
    Robert Ehrlich s1pMaryland Republican
    Jo Ann Emerson s1pMissouri Republican
    Phil English s1pPennsylvania Republican
    Mark Foley s1pFlorida Republican
    Greg Ganske s1pIA Former Republican Nominee (2002)
    Paul Gillmor s1pOhio Republican
    Benjamin Gilman s1pNew York Republican
    Jim Greenwood s1pPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
    Felix Grucci s1pNew York Republican
    Melissa Hart s1pPennsylvania Republican
    Doc Hastings s1pWashington Republican
    Dave Hobson s1pOhio Republican
    Steve Horn s1pCalifornia Republican
    Amo Houghton s1pNew York Republican/Conservative
    Nancy Lee Johnson s1pConnecticut Republican
    Timothy Johnson s1pIllinois Republican
    Sue Kelly s1pNew York Republican/Conservative
    Peter King s1pNew York Rep./Ind./Cons./Right-To-Life
    Jim Kolbe s1pArizona Republican
    Ray LaHood s1pIllinois Republican
    Steven LaTourette s1pOhio Republican
    Jim Leach s1pIowa Republican
    John McHugh s1pNew York Republican/Conservative
    Connie Morella s1pMaryland Republican
    Sue Myrick s1pNorth Carolina Republican
    Tom Osborne s1pNebraska Republican
    Michael Oxley s1pOhio Republican
    Tom Petri s1pWisconsin Republican
    Todd Platts s1pPennsylvania Republican
    Rob Portman s1pOhio Republican
    Deborah Pryce s1pOhio Republican
    Jack Quinn s1pNew York Republican/Ind./Cons.
    Jim Ramstad s1pMinnesota Republican
    Dana Rohrabacher s1pCalifornia Republican
    Joe Scarborough s1pFlorida Republican
    Christopher Shays s1pConnecticut Republican
    Rob Simmons s1pConnecticut Republican
    Christopher Smith s1pNew Jersey Republican
    Gordon Harold Smith s1pOR Republican Jr Senator
    Mark Souder s1pIndiana Republican
    Cliff Stearns s1pFlorida Republican
    John Sweeney s1pNew York Republican/Conservative
    Pat Tiberi s1pOhio Republican
    Pat Toomey s1pPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
    Fred Upton s1pMichigan Republican
    Jim Walsh s1pNew York Rep./Ind./Conservative
    John Warner s1pVA Republican Sr Senator
    Curt Weldon s1pPennsylvania Republican
    Frank Wolf s1pVirginia Republican



    Independents participating in 01-HR912

    Anibal Acevedo-Vila s1pPuerto Rico -
    Brad Carson s1pOK 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
    Donna Christensen s1pVirgin Islands -
    Joseph Hoeffel s1pPA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
    Jim Jeffords s1pVT Independent Jr Senator
    George Nethercutt s1pWA 2004 former Republican challenger; US Representative
    Bernie Sanders s1pVermont Independent



    Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

    Democrats: 187
    Republicans: 65
    Independents: 7