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Senate Roll Call 207, 100th Congress · July 21, 1987

TO TABLE THE DASCHLE, SD AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD EXCLUDE NEWSPRINT FROM A TARIFF OF UP TO 1 PERCENT USED FOR THE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR WORKERS UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE OF IMPORTS.

69 yea · 29 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 24 nay
Republican41 yea · 5 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): Tabling a tariff exemption for newsprint maintains the tariff on imported newsprint, favoring protectionism.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.80): Tabling an exemption from a newsprint tariff maintains revenue collection for adjustment assistance programs.

    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 (69)

Nay (29)

Not voting or present (2)

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