Robert Marion Berry on Trade

DemocratAR

Trade60 votes · 63.2/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

110 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 60 of them counted toward the score above: 33 toward “Free trade” and 27 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 50 did not count: 50 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1997-11-05	Enforce Ban on Slave Labor Products — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2195, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN MEASURES TO INCREASE MONITORING OF PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA THAT ARE MADE WITH FORCED LABOR.)H.R. 2195 · 105th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Protectionist
1997-11-05	Enforce Ban on Slave Labor Products — H.R.2195 BY SMITH, CHRISTOPHER (R-NJ) -- LAOGAI SLAVE LABOR PRODUCTS ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE AGREED TO TABLE THE MOTION TO APPEAL THE RULING OF THE CHAIR.)H.R. 2195 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-11-04	U.S. Caribbean Trade Partnership Act — H.R.2644 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- UNITED STATES-CARIBBEAN TRADE PARTNERSHIP ACT (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2644, TO PROVIDE TO BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES UNDER THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT BENEFITS EQUIVALENT TO THOSE PROVIDED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.)H.R. 2644 · 105th Congress · Suspend the rules and pass	Yea	Free trade
1997-10-06	Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act — H.R.1370 BY CASTLE (R-DE) -- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK UNITED STATES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 1370, TO REAUTHORIZE THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.)H.R. 1370 · 105th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Free trade
1997-09-30	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE LAFALCE AMENDMENT THAT RENAMES THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK AS THE ``AMERICAN EXPORT BANK.'' .)H.R. 1370 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
1997-09-30	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE EVANS AMENDMENT THAT DIRECTS THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO U.S. FIRMS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FOR ACTIVITIES IN CHINA TO THOSE THAT HAVE ADOPTED AND ADHERED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THEIR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS. .)H.R. 1370 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
1997-09-30	Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE DELAURO MOTION TO RISE. .)H.R. 1370 · 105th Congress · On Motion that the Committee Rise	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-09-30	H.R.1370 BY CASTLE (R-DE) -- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK UNITED STATES REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE REJECTED THE MCDERMOTT MOTION TO RISE. .)H.R. 1370 · 105th Congress · On Motion that the Committee Rise	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-06-24	Disapproving the Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Most-Favored-Treatment) to the Products of the People’s Republic of China — H.J.R.79 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS TO THE PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H. J. RES. 79, DISAPPROVING THE EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT) TO THE PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.)H.J.Res. 79 · 105th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Free trade
1997-06-11	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE GILMAN EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT URGES PERU TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND EXPEDITE LEGAL PROCEDURES; DIRECTS THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA; ESTABLISHES SPECIAL ENVOYS TO PROMOTE MUTUAL DISARMAMENT TALKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT TAIWAN SHOULD RECONSIDER THE TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR WASTE TO NORTH KOREA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PRIME MINISTER GUJRAL OF INDIA; SUPPORTS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF BELARUS; SUPPORTS THE ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; REQUIRES A REPORT CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF THE HMONG AND LAOTIAN REFUGEES WHO HAVE RETURNED TO LAOS; WITHHOLDS ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT PROVIDE NUCLEAR FUEL TO CUBA; MAKES FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT OF 1996 AND THE CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT OF 1992; URGES THE PRESIDENT TO ACHIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT WITH ALL WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT COUNTRIES; AND REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUY AMERICAN ACT.)H.R. 1757 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Protectionist / Free trade axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.