J. Maxwell Cleland on Trade

DemocratGA

Trade36 votes · 58.5/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

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

59 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 36 of them counted toward the score above: 25 toward “Free trade” and 11 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 23 did not count: 23 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
2002-08-01	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Free trade
2002-08-01	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Free trade
2002-08-01	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Free trade
2002-07-30	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Free trade
2002-05-23	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Free trade
2002-05-23	To protect human rights and democracy.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-23	To provide trade adjustment assistance benefits to certain maritime workers.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-23	To help ensure that trade agreements protect national security, social security, and other significant public services.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-23	To clarify the procedures for procedural disapproval resolutions.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-23	To amend the provisions relating to the Congressional Oversight Group.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2002-05-22	To limit tariff reduction authority on certain products.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-22	To provide a substitute amendment.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-21	To ensure that any artificial trade distorting barrier relating to foreign investment is eliminated in any trade agreement entered into under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Free trade
2002-05-21	To prohibit a country that has not taken steps to support the United States efforts to combat terrorism from receiving certain trade benefits, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Protectionist
2002-05-21	To provide mortgage assistance for employees who are separated from employment.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2002-05-21	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Free trade
2002-05-21	To provide a 1-year eligibility period for steelworker retirees and eligible beneficiaries affected by a qualified closing of a qualified steel company for assistance with health insurance coverage and interim assistance.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-16	To clarify the principal negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to labor and the environment.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-16	To strike the provision relating to wage insurance.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-15	To provide alternative fast-track trade negotiating authority to the President, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Protectionist
2002-05-15	To clarify the principal negotiating objectives with respect to labor.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-15	To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges to establish job training programs for adversely affected workers.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-14	To limit the application of trade authorities procedures.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Protectionist
2002-05-14	To clarify the principal negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to foreign investment.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-02	To express solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2002-05-02	To ensure transparency of investor protection dispute resolution tribunals under the North American Free Trade Agreement.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2002-05-01	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Free trade
2002-04-29	A bill to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.H.R. 3009 · 107th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Free trade
2001-10-03	A joint resolution approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.H.J.Res. 51 · 107th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Yea	Free trade
2001-09-06	A bill to provide authority to control exports, and for other purposes.S. 149 · 107th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Protectionist
2001-09-04	To modify the exceptions from required time periods.S. 149 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2001-07-27	To prevent violations of the United States commitments under NAFTA.H.R. 2299 · 107th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Protectionist
2000-09-19	To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Free trade
2000-09-14	To authorize and request the President to report to the Congress annually, beginning in January, 2001, on the balance of trade with China for cereals (wheat, corn, and rice) and soybeans, and to direct the President to eliminate any deficit.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-14	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-14	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-14	To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to require corporations to disclose foreign investment-related information in 10-K reports.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To require that the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has responded to inquiries regarding certain people who have been detained or imprisoned and has made substantial progress in releasing from prison people incarcerated for organizing independent trade unions.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-13	To make technical changes relating to the recommendations of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To require the Secretary of Commerce to consult with leaders of American businesses to encourage them to adopt a code of conduct for doing business in the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To express the sense of Congress regarding forced abortions in the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To provide for the application of certain measures to covered countries in response to the contribution to the design, production, development, or acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or ballistic or cruise missiles.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Protectionist
2000-09-13	To require that the Congressional-Executive Commission monitor the cooperation of the People's Republic of China with respect to POW/MIA issues, improvement in the areas of forced abortions, slave labor, and organ harvesting, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-13	To improve the certainty of the implementation of import relief in cases of affirmative determinations by the International Trade Commission with respect to market disruption to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-12	To require the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has taken certain actions with respect to ensuring human rights protection.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-12	To require the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China is in compliance with certain Memoranda of Understanding regarding prohibition on import and export of prison labor products and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-07	To strike the provision terminating the application of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 and the effective date provisions, but provide for accession of the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-07	To require the United States to support the transfer of United States clean energy technology as part of assistance programs with respect to China's energy sector, and for other purposes.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2000-09-07	To require the President to certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China has taken certain actions with respect to ensuring religious freedom, as recommended by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Free trade
2000-09-07	To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Free trade
2000-07-27	To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.H.R. 4444 · 106th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Free trade
1999-07-20	A joint resolution disapproving the extension of the waiver authority contained in section 402(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to Vietnam.S.J.Res. 28 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	Free trade
1999-07-20	A joint resolution disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.S.J.Res. 27 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	Free trade
1999-06-22	A bill to provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program.H.R. 975 · 106th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Free trade
1999-03-18	To require prior congressional approval before the United States supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization.S. 544 · 106th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Free trade
1997-11-05	An original bill to establish objectives for negotiating and procedures for implementing certain trade agreements. — (SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO PROCEED WITH CONSIDERATION OF S. 1269.)S. 1269 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-11-04	An original bill to establish objectives for negotiating and procedures for implementing certain trade agreements. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE AGREED TO A MOTION TO CLOSE FURTHER DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 1269. .)S. 1269 · 105th Congress · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-03-05	A joint resolution waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the appointment of the United States Trade Representative. — (SENATE PASSED S.J. RES. 5, WAIVING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.)S.J.Res. 5 · 105th Congress · On the Joint Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-03-05	To require Congressional approval before any international trade agreement that has the effect of amending or repealing statutory law of the United States law can be implemented in the United States. — (SENATE TABLED HOLLINGS AMENDMENT NO. 19, TO REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL BEFORE ANY INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT HAS THE EFFECT OF AMENDING OR REPEALING STATUTORY LAW OF THE UNITED STATES LAW CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE UNITED STATES.)S.J.Res. 5 · 105th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Free trade

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.