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13-HRes196 on May 3, 2013

Congressional RESOLUTION supporting the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution, the right to counsel.
• WHEREAS on March 18, 1963, the Supreme Court recognized in Gideon v. Wainwright that counsel must be provided to indigent defendants in all felony cases;
• WHEREAS the Supreme Court held that providing counsel to indigent defendants in all felony cases meets the essential requirements of the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution; and
• WHEREAS the Supreme Court held in Argersinger v. Hamlin that absent a knowing and intelligent waiver, no person may be imprisoned for any offense, whether classified as petty, misdemeanor, or felony, unless they were represented by counsel at their trial:

Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives--
1. supports the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution, the right to counsel; and
2. supports strategies to improve the criminal justice system to ensure that indigent defendants in all felony cases are ade

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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: Sponsored providing defense lawyers for all indigent defendants (Score: -2)
   • Headline 2: Provide defense lawyers for all indigent defendants (Score: -2)
     
     
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   • 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 13-HRes196
   Suzanne Bonamici	s1o	Oregon Democrat	May 3, 2013
   Judy Chu	s1o	California Democrat	May 3, 2013
   John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat	May 3, 2013
   Ted Deutch	s2p	Florida Democrat	May 3, 2013
   Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	May 7, 2013
   Hank Johnson	s1o	Georgia Democrat	May 3, 2013
   Barbara Lee	s1o	California Democrat	May 3, 2013
   James Moran	s1o	Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014)	May 13, 2013
   Charles Rangel	s1o	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)	May 3, 2013
   Bobby Scott	s1o	Virginia Democrat	May 7, 2013
   Mel Watt	s1o	North Carolina Democrat (appointed to FHFA)	May 6, 2013
   Frederica Wilson	s1o	Florida Democrat	May 3, 2013

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 13-HRes196
   Steve Chabot	s1o	Ohio Republican	May 3, 2013

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 13-HRes196

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 12 Republicans: 1 Independents: 0