Robert Frederick Drinan on Trade

DemocratMA

Trade79 votes · 92.6/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

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

112 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 79 of them counted toward the score above: 53 toward “Free trade” and 26 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 33 did not count: 33 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
1974-08-13	TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 15264 IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED BY AN AMENDMENT THAT AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT TO ALLOCATE A PORTION OF EXPORT LICENSES ON THE BASIS OF FACTORS OTHER THAN A PRIOR HISTORY.H.R. 15264 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1974-08-13	TO AMEND H.R. 15264 BY GIVING CONGRESS THE AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE EXPORTING OF TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL GOODS.H.R. 15264 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Free trade
1974-08-13	TO AGREE TO THE RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 15264, A BILL TO AMEND AND EXTEND AUTHORITY FOR REGULATION OF EXPORTS.H.R. 15264 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-08-05	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S.J. RES. 229, AMENDING THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945.S.J.Res. 229 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1974-07-01	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S.J. RES. 218, EXTENDING BY 30 DAYS THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT ACT OF 1945.S.J.Res. 218 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Free trade
1974-05-15	TO PASS H.R. 13973, A BILL AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 WITH RESPECT TO THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.H.R. 13973 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Free trade
1973-12-11	TO PASS H. R. 10710H.R. 10710 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Free trade
1973-12-11	TO AMEND H.R. 10710, BY STRIKING TITLE IV FROM THE BILL. TITLE IV IS THE SECTION DEALING WITH FREEDOM OF EMIGRATION FOR SOVIET JEWRY.H.R. 10710 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1973-12-11	TO AMEND H.R. 10710,BY PROVIDING THAT A CONTINUED EXTENSION OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK CREDITS WOULD NOT BE GRANTED TO THOSE COMMUNIST COUNTRIES WHICH RESTRICT EMIGRATION (HAS REFERENCE TO SOVIET JEWS.H.R. 10710 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1973-10-04	TO PASS H. J. RES. 748, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PAYMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR FISCAL 1974.H.J.Res. 748 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Free trade
1973-10-04	TO AMEND THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 748, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PAYMENTS TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR FISCAL 1974. THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS FROM $2.25 BILLION TO $2.20 BILLION. THE FLYNT AMENDMENT THERETO REDUCES THE AMOUNT TO $477 MILLION.H.J.Res. 748 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-06-27	TO AGREE TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8215, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN COPYING SHOE LATHES UNTIL THE CLOSE OF JUNE 30, 1976.H.R. 8215 · 93rd Congress	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.