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Senate Roll Call 589, 100th Congress · June 8, 1988

TO ADOPT, OVER PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VETO, OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT, A BILL TO ENHANCE THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ABROAD BY STRENGTHENING ACTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE, CLARIFYING GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS CONDUCT ABROAD, REORGANIZING EDUCATION AND EXPORT PROGRAMS, RESCINDING THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON OIL, AND REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE OF LARGE-SCALE PLANT CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SUSTAINED THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.

61 yea · 37 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat50 yea · 2 nay
Republican11 yea · 35 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) An omnibus trade and regulatory measure is not clearly fiscal expansion or 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 (61)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (2)

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