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House Roll Call 712, 100th Congress · July 13, 1988

TO PASS HR 4848, OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO CHANGE REGULATIONS FOR UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE AND BUSINESS PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.

376 yea · 45 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat234 yea · 4 nay
Republican139 yea · 41 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4848

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988

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): Imposing regulatory restrictions on foreign trade and unfair practices aligns with protectionism.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A trade regulatory bill does not directly address fiscal expansion or spending restraint.

    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 (376)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (10)

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