John Alexander, III McMillan on Trade

RepublicanNC

Trade90 votes · 74/100 consistent

ProtectionistFree trade

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

116 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 90 of them counted toward the score above: 47 toward “Free trade” and 43 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 26 did not count: 24 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
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
1985-08-01	ADOPTION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 1460 IMPOSING SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA UNTIL LAWS AND POLICIES ENFORCING "APARTHEID" AND SEGREGATION ARE ELIMINATED. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Protectionist
1985-08-01	ADOPTION OF H RES 251 WAIVING CERTAIN POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 1460 IMPOSING SANCTIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA UNTIL LAWS AND POLICIES ENFORCING "APARTHEID" AND SEGREGATION ARE ELIMINATED. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1985-06-05	TO PASS H R 1460. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Nay	Free trade
1985-06-05	TO RECOMMIT H R 1460 TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT BE REPORTED BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT FROM TAKING EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR, OR FROM TAKING EFFECT IF THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO THE CONGRESS THAT THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS HAS NOT RENOUNCED THE USE OF VIOLENCE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1985-06-05	TO AMEND H R 1460 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT PROHIBITS ALL UNITED STATES INVESTMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA; BANS IMPORTATION OF KRUGERRANDS AND OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD COINS; DENIES LANDING RIGHTS TO SOUTH AFRICAN AIRCRAFT; AND PROHIBITS THE EXPORT OF UNITED STATES GOODS OR TECHNOLOGY TO SOUTH AFRICA. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Nay	Free trade
1985-06-05	TO AMEND H R 1460 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE GUNDERSON SUBSTITUTE ESTABLISHES FAIR BUSINESS STANDARDS ("SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES"), WITH UP TO A $1 MILLION FINE AND/OR 2-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR NONCOMPLIANCE; IMPOSES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WITHIN 2 YEARS OF ENACTMENT IF CERTIFIABLE PROGRESS TOWARD ENDING APARTHEID HAS NOT BEEN MADE; AUTHORIZES $15 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR EDUCATION AND TEACHING TRAINING, AND $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; AND ESTABLISHES A UNITED STATES-SOUTH AFRICA COMMISSION. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1985-06-05	TO AMEND H R 1460 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE SILJANDER SUBSTITUTE ESTABLISHES A UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON SOUTH AFRICA TO EXAMINE SOUTH AFRICA'S PROGRESS TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF APARTHEID; REQUIRES UNITED STATES BUSINESSES TO COMPLY WITH FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ("SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES"); AND AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO SUPPORT BLACK AND OTHER NON-WHITE CONCERNS AND DEVELOPMENT. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1985-06-04	TO AMEND H R 1460 TO PROVIDE A WAIVER ON THE RESTRICTIONS OF NEW INVESTMENTS IF A MAJORITY OF NON-WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS OPPOSES THE PROHIBITION, AS DETERMINED BY AN INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED REFERENDUM. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1985-06-04	TO AMEND H R 1460 TO PROVIDE A WAIVER ON THE RESTRICTIONS OF NEW INVESTMENTS, IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DETERMINES THROUGH A POLL, THAT A MAJORITY OF NON-WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS OPPOSES THE RESTRICTIONS OR DIVESTITURE.H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Nay	Protectionist
1985-06-04	TO AMEND H R 1460 TO MAKE THE PROHIBITION ON KRUGERRAND IMPORTS EFFECTIVE ONLY IF THE BAN IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1985-05-21	TO AMEND H R 1460 TO PERMIT U.S. BUSINESSES TO MAKE NEW INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA IF THEY IMPLEMENT FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ("SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES"). (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1985-05-21	TO AGREE TO H RES 174, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H R 1460 IS BEING CONSIDERED. H R 1460 EXPRESSES THE OPPOSITION OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SYSTEM OF APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 1460 · 99th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1985-05-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H R 2268, A BILL APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING THE FREE TRADE AREA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 2268 · 99th Congress	Yea	Free trade
1985-04-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO PASS H CON RES 107, A BILL EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE GROWING UNITED STATES MERCHANDISE TRADE DEFICIT AND THAT HE TAKE ACTION TO RESPOND TO UNFAIR INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRACTICES OF JAPAN. (MOTION PASSED)99th Congress	Yea	Protectionist

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.