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Senate Roll Call 249, 100th Congress · September 17, 1987

TO AMEND S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PERMIT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PURCHASE MANUAL TYPEWRITERS FROM THOSE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES THAT HAVE MOST FAVORED NATION TRADING STATUS WITH THE U.S.

53 yea · 41 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat36 yea · 14 nay
Republican17 yea · 27 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1174

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A typewriter procurement provision does not move military expansion or restraint.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Permitting DoD purchases from MFN Warsaw Pact countries reduces trade barriers, supporting free trade.

    Tagged by: keyword:most favored nation

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (53)

Nay (41)

Not voting or present (6)

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