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Senate Roll Call 197, 100th Congress · July 15, 1987

TO AMEND S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO PROHIBIT TRADE WITH IRAN OR ANY NATION IN THE PERSIAN GULF THAT INTENTIONALLY ATTACKS U.S. SHIPS, FACILITIES, OR CITIZENS AND TO URGE AN INTERNATIONAL OFFENSIVE ARMS EMBARGO IN THE REGION.

82 yea · 16 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat49 yea · 4 nay
Republican34 yea · 12 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(0.90): Prohibiting trade with specified foreign nations restricts international trade, moving 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) Trade embargoes against Iran do not directly relate to federal spending or budget levels.

    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 (83)

Nay (16)

Not voting or present (1)

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