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Senate Roll Call 187, 100th Congress · July 10, 1987

TO AMEND IN A PERFECTING NATURE THE BYRD, WV-DOLE, KS AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO REQUIRE THE IDENTIFICATION OF UNFAIR TRADE PATTERNS AND THEIR COST TO U.S. INDUSTRY, AND AUTHORIZE THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE TO NEGOTIATE THE REMOVAL OF THE TRADE BARRIERS OR SEEK COMPENSATION FOR THEM.

87 yea · 7 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 0 nay
Republican38 yea · 7 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(0.85): Mandating identification of unfair trade practices and authorizing trade retaliation moves toward protectionism.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Measure governs trade enforcement negotiating mandates, not spending or revenues.

    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 (89)

Nay (7)

Not voting or present (4)

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