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95-HR663 on Jan 24, 1995

1. provides living conditions and opportunities within its prisons that are not more luxurious than those that the average prisoner would have experienced if not incarcerated;
2. does not provide to any such prisoner specified benefits or privileges, including earned good time credits, less than 40 hours a week of work that either offsets or reduces the expenses of keeping the prisoner or provides resources toward restitution of victims, unmonitored phone calls (with exceptions), in-cell television viewing, possession of pornographic materials, instruction or training equipment for any martial art or bodybuilding or weightlifting equipment, or dress or hygiene other than as is uniform or standard in the prison; and
3. in the case of a prisoner serving a sentence for a crime of violence which resulted in serious bodily injury to another, does not provide housing other than in separate cell blocks intended for violent prisoners, less than nine hours a day of physical labor (with exceptions), any release from the prison for any purpose unless under physical or mechanical restraint and under constant supervision of at least one armed correctional officer, or any viewing of television.

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   Participating counts on VoteMatch question 9. Question 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
   • Topic: Crime
   • Headline: Prevent luxurious conditions in prisons (Score: 2)
   • Headline 2: Prevent luxurious conditions in prisons (Score: 2)
     
     
   • Key for participation codes:
   • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
   • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
   • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
   • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
   • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
   
   
   

   Democrats participating in 95-HR663
   Gary Ackerman	s2o	New York Dem./Ind./Lib. (Retiring 2012)
   Tim Holden	s2o	Pennsylvania Democrat (Lost 2012 Primary)
   Blanche Lambert Lincoln	s2o	AR Former Democratic Senator
   Paul McHale	s2o	Pennsylvania Democrat (retired 1998

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 95-HR663
   Bob Barr	s2o	Georgia Republican Challenger
   Duke Cunningham	s2o	California Republican
   Bill Emerson	s2o	Missouri Republican Former (1994-)
   Michael Forbes	s2o	New York Republican (retired)
   David Funderburk	s2o	North Carolina Republican Former (1994-)
   Elton Gallegly	s2o	California Republican (Retiring 2012)
   Wayne Gilchrest	s2o	Maryland Republican (Unseated 2008)
   Mel Hancock	s2o	Missouri Republican Former (1994-)
   Doc Hastings	s2o	Washington Republican (retiring 2014)
   Duncan Hunter	s2o	California Republican (Retiring 2008)
   Walter Beaman Jones	s2o	North Carolina Republican
   Jay Kim	s2o	California Republican Former (1994-)
   Scott Klug	s2o	Wisconsin Republican Former (1994-)
   Steven LaTourette	s2o	Ohio Republican
   Frank LoBiondo	s2o	New Jersey Republican
   Buck McKeon	s2o	California Republican (retiring 2014)
   Sue Myrick	s2o	North Carolina Republican (Retiring 2012)
   Charlie Norwood	s2o	Georgia Republican
   Deborah Pryce	s2o	Ohio Republican
   Dana Rohrabacher	s2o	California Republican
   Bud Shuster	s2o	Pennsylvania Former Rep.(resigned 3/3/2001)
   Cliff Stearns	s2o	Florida Republican (Lost 2012 primary)
   Jim Talent	s2o	Missouri Republican
   Zach Wamp	s2o	Tennessee Republican (until 2010)
   Roger Wicker	s2o	Mississippi Republican (Senate 2008)
   Dick Zimmer	s1i	NJ Republican Senate challenger

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 95-HR663
   Bob Stump	s2o	Arizona Former GOP (until 2010)

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 4 Republicans: 26 Independents: 1