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Senate Roll Call 192, 100th Congress · July 14, 1987

TO TABLE THE GRAMM, TX MOTION TO RECOMMIT S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT BACK TO THE SENATE WITH ALL AMENDMENTS AGREED TO AND AN AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON OIL. THE GRAMM MOTION WAS LATER WITHDRAWN.

36 yea · 57 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat27 yea · 20 nay
Republican9 yea · 37 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 (0.95) Repealing an excise tax on domestic oil production concerns domestic energy tax policy, not trade.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Tabling a motion instructing repeal of the windfall profits tax blocks a tax cut, preserving revenue.

    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 (36)

Nay (57)

Not voting or present (7)

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