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Senate Roll Call 201, 100th Congress · July 17, 1987

TO TABLE THE HARKIN, IA AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF THE EXTENT OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN U.S. BUSINESSES.

83 yea · 11 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 10 nay
Republican43 yea · 1 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 “Free trade”

    model(0.85): Tabling disclosure requirements on foreign investment removes barriers to capital flows, supporting open trade.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Requiring foreign investment disclosure does not impact federal spending or budget policy.

    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 (84)

Nay (11)

Not voting or present (5)

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