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Senate Roll Call 161, 100th Congress · June 26, 1987

TO AMEND S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO SUSPEND ROMANIA'S MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS DUE TO ITS DENIAL OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

57 yea · 36 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat24 yea · 27 nay
Republican34 yea · 10 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1420

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(0.95): Suspending MFN status restricts free trade with Romania.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Suspending MFN status is a trade issue, not fiscal spending.

    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 (58)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (5)

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