Jim Chapman on Trade

DemocratTX

Trade85 votes · 57.2/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

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

111 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 85 of them counted toward the score above: 37 toward “Free trade” and 48 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 26 did not count: 23 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 3 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
1986-05-22	TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE HR 4800 TO DELETE PROVISIONS FOR MANDATORY PRESIDENTIAL ACTION IN SOME CASES OF UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES, THE DEFINITION OF VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED WORKERS' RIGHTS AS AN UNREASONABLE TRADE PRACTICE, AND ALL PROVISIONS REGARDING WORKER AND INDUSTRY ADJUSTMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND MONETARY REFORM.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800 TO PROVIDE NEW LANGUAGE FOR TITLE IV (BANKING COMMITTEE PROVISIONS) CONTAINING NO LANGUAGE ON THE SETTING OF A COMPETITIVE EXCHANGE RATE OR ON THIRD WORLD DEBT AND TRADE AND CONTAINING NO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800 TO DELETE A PART OF THE BILL WHICH AUTHORIZES $300 MILLION FOR FINANCING FOREIGN PURCHASES OF U.S. EXPORTS. UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, "TIED-AID" CREDITS WOULD INSTEAD BE FUNDED FROM CURRENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK AND AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800, TO STRIKE THE FOLLOWING EXPORT-RELATED PROVISIONS: LANGUAGE ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR RE-EXPORT LICENSES; THE REQUIREMENT TO DECONTROL 40 PERCENT OF THE LEAST MILITARILY-SIGNIFICANT GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE CURRENT LIST OF CONTROLLED GOODS AND TECHNOLOGIES; THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PRIVATE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE SERVE ON THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROLS; THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT CANNOT DETAIN ANY EXPORT GOODS REQUIRING ONLY A GENERAL LICENSE ON THE DOCKS FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS; AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FOR THE OFFICE OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION OVER THE ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Free trade
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800 TO ASSERT THE BELIEF OF CONGRESS THAT JAPAN SHOULD PROVIDE FULL ACCESS TO ITS SEMICONDUCTOR MARKET AND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER JAPAN IS GUILTY OF UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800 TO DELETE PARTS OF THE BILL PERTAINING TO ANTI-DUMPING ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. THE AMENDMENT WOULD STRIKE THE PROVISION MAKING FOREIGN GOODS THAT USE SUBSIDIZED NATURAL RESOURCES SUBJECT TO INCREASED DUTIES AND WOULD REPEAL THE RIGHT OF COMPANIES TO SUE IN ORDER TO COLLECT DAMAGES IN DUMPING CASES.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800 TO STRIKE THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS CONCERNING IMPORT RELIEF: ALLOWING VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY ADJUSTMENT GROUPS, TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, AND ESTABLISHING AN ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1986-05-21	TO AMEND HR 4800, A BILL TO INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. INDUSTRY, TO STRIKE LANGUAGE REQUIRING MANDATORY NEGOTIATIONS WITH COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE AN EXCESSIVE TRADE SURPLUS AND DEFINING VIOLATIONS OF LABOR RIGHTS AS UNREASONABLE TRADE PRACTICES SUBJECT TO RETALIATORY MEASURES.H.R. 4800 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1986-05-07	TO ADOPT H J RES 589, A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED SALE OF MISSILES TO SAUDI ARABIA.H.J.Res. 589 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1985-10-10	TO APPROVE H R 1562, A BILL THAT ESTABLISHES NEW QUOTAS ON TEXTILE IMPORTS AND ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE U.S. TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRIES BY REDUCING CLOTHING IMPORTS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1562 · 99th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1985-10-10	ADOPTION OF H RES 286 TO CONSIDER H R 1562 TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE ENFORCEMENT, A BILL THAT SETS NEW QUOTAS ON TEXTILE IMPORTS.H.R. 1562 · 99th Congress	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.