James M. Inhofe on Trade

RepublicanOK

Trade136 votes · 46.9/100 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. 136 of them counted toward the score above: 74 toward “Free trade” and 62 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 71 did not count: 58 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 13 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
1987-04-30	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO SUSPEND MOST-FAVORED-NATION STATUS FOR ROMANIA.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1987-04-30	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO GRANT THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT CERTAIN FOREIGN INVESTORS FROM DISCLOSURE RULES.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1987-04-29	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO ELIMINATE PROVISIONS TO ESTABLISH A MULTILATERAL INSTITUTION TO REFINANCE THIRD WORLD DEBT, TO CREATE A COUNCIL ON INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS AND TO ESTABLISH A COMPETITIVE DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1987-04-29	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO REQUIRE NEGOTIATION AND IF NECESSARY, ACTION TO REDUCE TRADE SURPLUS WITH A COUNTRY BY 10 PERCENT PER YEAR IF THAT COUNTRY DOES NOT ALTER ITS UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AFTER ONE YEAR.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Nay	Free trade
1987-04-29	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO REQUIRE ACTION FROM THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ON IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL PROHIBITIONS ON IMPORTS FROM CUBA.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1987-04-29	TO AMEND HR 3, TRADE BILL, TO INCLUDE IN THE LIST OF PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE THAT MOST-FAVORED-NATION STATUS BE EXTENDED ONLY TO COUNTRIES THAT MAINTAIN EQUALLY OPEN MARKETS.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1987-04-28	TO ADOPT H RES 151, THE RULE TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 3, TRADE BILL, A BILL TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. INDUSTRY.H.R. 3 · 100th Congress	Nay	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.