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Senate Roll Call 186, 100th Congress · July 10, 1987

TO TABLE THE CHAFEE, RI AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TOBACCO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXPORT PROGRAM IN WHICH GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMMODITIES ARE GIVEN AWAY IN ORDER TO ENHANCE U.S. COMPETITION IN FOREIGN MARKETS.

51 yea · 43 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat25 yea · 25 nay
Republican26 yea · 19 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Tabling export promotion assistance for tobacco is an agricultural program issue with ambiguous trade direction.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Tabling an amendment to include tobacco in commodity giveaway programs prevents spending expansion.

    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 (51)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (5)

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