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House Roll Call 634, 100th Congress · May 24, 1988

TO PASS, OVER PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VETO, HR 3, OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, A BILL TO ENHANCE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ABROAD BY STRENGTHENING ACTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE, CLARIFYING GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS CONDUCT ABROAD, REORGANIZING EDUCATION AND EXPORT PROGRAMS, RESCINDING THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON OIL, AND REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE OF LARGE-SCALE PLANT CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS. VETO OVERRIDDEN; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

308 yea · 113 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat242 yea · 1 nay
Republican68 yea · 114 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1987

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.85): Enacts trade bill strengthening enforcement and restrictions against foreign trade, pushing toward protectionism.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Omnibus trade measure contains mixed tax, spending, and regulatory provisions with unclear net fiscal impact.

    Tagged by: keyword:omnibus

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (312)

Nay (116)

Not voting or present (4)

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