S. 1789 - Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
Crime and law enforcement.
- Sponsor:
- Summary:
- A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill was voted on in the Senate on March 16, 2010
Senate Vote: On Passage
PASSED by voice vote on March 17, 2010.
Other Votes:
Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
S. 1789 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- Summary
- A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing. (by CRS)
- Learn More
- at OpenCongress
- Title
- A bill to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing.
- Other Titles
- Fair Sentencing Act of 2009
- Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
- Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
- Sponsor
- Richard Durbin
- Co-Sponsors
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris
- Benjamin Cardin
- Thomas Coburn
- John Cornyn
- Christopher Dodd
- Russell Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Lindsey Graham
- Charles Grassley
- Thomas Harkin
- Orrin Hatch
- Edward Kaufman
- John Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Bernard Sanders
- Jefferson Sessions
- Arlen Specter
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Subjects
- Crime and law enforcement
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Firearms and explosives
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
- Violent crime
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 10/15/2009 Referred to Committee Passed Senate 3/17/2010 - Bill History
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Chamber Motion Date Result currently selected Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. 3/17/2010 This bill PASSED the Senate 100 voted YES 0 voted NO 0 voted present/not votingAction Date Description Introduced 10/15/2009 10/15/2009 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10490-10492) 10/15/2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Put on a legislative calendar 3/11/2010 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. 3/15/2010 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Put on a legislative calendar 3/15/2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316. currently selected Senate Vote on Passage 3/17/2010 Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. 3/18/2010 Received in the House. 3/18/2010 Message on Senate action sent to the House. 3/18/2010 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 3/18/2010 Referred to House Judiciary 3/18/2010 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 6/15/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, June 4, 2004 – June 3, 2010.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
Contributions By Legislator
Name | Party | State | $ From Interest Groups That Support | $ From Interest Groups That Oppose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaka, Daniel | D | HI | $254,540 | $0 |
| Alexander, Lamar | R | TN | $412,554 | $0 |
| Barrasso, John | R | WY | $53,007 | $0 |
| Baucus, Max | D | MT | $704,304 | $0 |
| Bayh, Evan | D | IN | $1,091,889 | $0 |
| Begich, Mark | D | AK | $533,470 | $0 |
| Bennet, Michael | D | CO | $561,558 | $0 |
| Bennett, Robert | R | UT | $199,750 | $0 |
| Bingaman, Jeff | D | NM | $465,781 | $0 |
| Bond, Christopher | R | MO | $135,281 | $0 |
| Boxer, Barbara | D | CA | $1,722,821 | $0 |
| Brown, Scott | R | MA | $291,545 | $0 |
| Brown, Sherrod | D | OH | $1,496,706 | $0 |
| Brownback, Samuel | R | KS | $34,590 | $0 |
| Bunning, Jim | R | KY | $89,727 | $0 |
| Burr, Richard | R | NC | $492,186 | $0 |
| Burris, Roland | D | IL | $2,500 | $0 |
| Byrd, Robert | D | WV | $268,326 | $0 |
| Cantwell, Maria | D | WA | $1,327,622 | $0 |
| Cardin, Benjamin | D | MD | $1,054,870 | $0 |
| Carper, Thomas | D | DE | $356,971 | $0 |
| Casey, Robert | D | PA | $3,816,816 | $0 |
| Chambliss, Saxby | R | GA | $658,135 | $0 |
| Coburn, Thomas | R | OK | $140,524 | $0 |
| Cochran, Thad | R | MS | $203,764 | $0 |
| Collins, Susan | R | ME | $469,630 | $0 |
| Conrad, Kent | D | ND | $632,018 | $0 |
| Corker, Bob | R | TN | $734,829 | $0 |
| Cornyn, John | R | TX | $1,242,833 | $0 |
| Crapo, Michael | R | ID | $176,572 | $0 |
| DeMint, Jim | R | SC | $555,275 | $0 |
| Dodd, Christopher | D | CT | $769,276 | $0 |
| Dorgan, Byron | D | ND | $411,573 | $0 |
| Durbin, Richard | D | IL | $2,132,006 | $0 |
| Ensign, John | R | NV | $223,563 | $0 |
| Enzi, Michael | R | WY | $51,001 | $0 |
| Feingold, Russell | D | WI | $726,031 | $0 |
| Feinstein, Dianne | D | CA | $686,124 | $0 |
| Franken, Al | D | MN | $1,191,496 | $0 |
| Gillibrand, Kirsten | D | NY | $2,449,765 | $0 |
| Graham, Lindsey | R | SC | $1,268,868 | $0 |
| Grassley, Charles | R | IA | $221,023 | $0 |
| Gregg, Judd | R | NH | $29,700 | $0 |
| Hagan, Kay | D | NC | $439,937 | $0 |
| Harkin, Thomas | D | IA | $670,837 | $0 |
| Hatch, Orrin | R | UT | $510,752 | $0 |
| Hutchison, Kay | R | TX | $531,935 | $0 |
| Inhofe, James | R | OK | $151,568 | $0 |
| Inouye, Daniel | D | HI | $408,011 | $0 |
| Isakson, John | R | GA | $532,118 | $0 |
| Johanns, Mike | R | NE | $149,699 | $0 |
| Johnson, Tim | D | SD | $319,574 | $0 |
| Kaufman, Edward | D | DE | $0 | $0 |
| Kerry, John | D | MA | $443,511 | $0 |
| Klobuchar, Amy | D | MN | $1,232,177 | $0 |
| Kohl, Herbert | D | WI | $500 | $0 |
| Kyl, Jon | R | AZ | $705,974 | $0 |
| Landrieu, Mary | D | LA | $1,292,543 | $0 |
| Lautenberg, Frank | D | NJ | $895,082 | $0 |
| LeMieux, George | R | FL | $0 | $0 |
| Leahy, Patrick | D | VT | $694,721 | $0 |
| Levin, Carl | D | MI | $797,297 | $0 |
| Lieberman, Joseph | I | CT | $1,208,756 | $0 |
| Lincoln, Blanche | D | AR | $643,196 | $0 |
| Lugar, Richard | R | IN | $323,740 | $0 |
| McCain, John | R | AZ | $274,631 | $0 |
| McCaskill, Claire | D | MO | $1,759,697 | $0 |
| McConnell, Mitch | R | KY | $888,458 | $0 |
| Menéndez, Robert | D | NJ | $1,878,055 | $0 |
| Merkley, Jeff | D | OR | $545,142 | $0 |
| Mikulski, Barbara | D | MD | $331,750 | $0 |
| Murkowski, Lisa | R | AK | $241,973 | $0 |
| Murray, Patty | D | WA | $770,868 | $0 |
| Nelson, Ben | D | NE | $567,757 | $0 |
| Nelson, Bill | D | FL | $2,832,555 | $0 |
| Pryor, Mark | D | AR | $808,151 | $0 |
| Reed, John | D | RI | $437,067 | $0 |
| Reid, Harry | D | NV | $3,011,876 | $0 |
| Risch, James | R | ID | $59,500 | $0 |
| Roberts, Pat | R | KS | $195,328 | $0 |
| Rockefeller, John | D | WV | $758,322 | $0 |
| Sanders, Bernard | I | VT | $164,909 | $0 |
| Schumer, Charles | D | NY | $1,831,519 | $0 |
| Sessions, Jefferson | R | AL | $358,339 | $0 |
| Shaheen, Jeanne | D | NH | $591,666 | $0 |
| Shelby, Richard | R | AL | $409,250 | $0 |
| Snowe, Olympia | R | ME | $180,785 | $0 |
| Specter, Arlen | D | PA | $2,541,211 | $0 |
| Stabenow, Debbie Ann | D | MI | $1,314,666 | $0 |
| Tester, Jon | D | MT | $570,196 | $0 |
| Thune, John | R | SD | $446,851 | $0 |
| Udall, Mark | D | CO | $1,187,392 | $0 |
| Udall, Tom | D | NM | $894,845 | $0 |
| Vitter, David | R | LA | $523,705 | $0 |
| Voinovich, George | R | OH | $316,013 | $0 |
| Warner, Mark | D | VA | $1,505,538 | $0 |
| Webb, Jim | D | VA | $612,189 | $0 |
| Whitehouse, Sheldon | D | RI | $990,502 | $0 |
| Wicker, Roger | R | MS | $409,873 | $0 |
| Wyden, Ron | D | OR | $391,910 | $0 |
