Senate Roll Call 202, 100th Congress · July 17, 1987

TO TABLE THE CHAFEE, RI AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD GIVE SUGAR IMPORTERS REBATES ON TARIFFS PAID ON RAW SUGAR USED FOR EXPORTED PRODUCTS, RETROACTIVE TO 10 YEARS AGO.

49 yea · 44 nay6 not voting or present

Democrat34 yea · 16 nay

Republican16 yea · 28 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

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): Tabling an amendment providing tariff rebates for exporters maintains tariff burdens, favoring protectionism.
Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance
Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade
Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.85): Tabling tariff rebates for sugar importers avoids retroactive federal payout of duties, exercising fiscal restraint.
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 (50)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (6)

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