Newton Leroy Gingrich on Trade

RepublicanGA

Trade150 votes · 68.2/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

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

207 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 150 of them counted toward the score above: 82 toward “Free trade” and 68 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 57 did not count: 46 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 11 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
1979-09-11	TO AMEND H.R.4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS, BY PROVIDING THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO THE DIFFICULTY OF DEVISING EFFECTIVE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT A COUNTRY THAT POSES A THREAT TO U. S. SECURITY FROM DIVERTING CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES TO MILITARY USE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4034 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-09-11	TO AMEND H.R. 4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS, BY STRIKING THE INDEXING PROVISIONS IN THE BILL. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4034 · 96th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1979-09-11	TO AMEND H.R. 4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS, BY PROVIDING NEW MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES LANGUAGE STATING THAT EXPORT CONTROLS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR GOODS WHICH WOULD TRANSFER MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES TO COUNTRIES TO WHICH EXPORTS ARE CONTROLLED AND REQUIRING THAT THE INITIAL LIST OF SUCH TECHNOLOGIES BE COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED BY OCTOBER 1, 1980. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4034 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-07-25	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 317, DISAPPROVING THE PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITY UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO ROMANIA. (MOTION FAILED)H.Res. 317 · 96th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1979-07-23	THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4034 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1979-07-11	TO PASS H.R. 4537, APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING THE TRADE AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4537 · 96th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1979-02-27	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 37, A BILL THAT AMENDS P.L. 96-630 BY REPEALING THE GENERAL SUMMARY PROVISION ON FINANCIAL PRIVACY.(MOTION PASSED; 2/3 REQUIRED)S. 37 · 96th 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.