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Senate Roll Call 309, 100th Congress · October 7, 1987

TO AMEND S 1394, THE FISCAL 1988 STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE U.S. SHOULD ADMIT AT LEAST 38,000 REFUGEES ANNUALLY FROM EAST ASIA AND ALLOCATE $12 MILLION ANNUALLY IN FISCAL YEARS 1988-90 TO ASSIST REFUGEE CAMPS IN THAILAND.

63 yea · 33 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat37 yea · 14 nay
Republican27 yea · 19 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1394 ↗

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1988

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • ImmigrationDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Expressing the sense of the Senate is a non-binding resolution.

    Tagged by: keyword:refugee

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (64)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (3)

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