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House Roll Call 517, 101st Congress · June 6, 1990

EXPORT FACILITATION ACT OF 1990 — TO AMEND HR 4653, EXPORT FACILITATION ACT OF 1990, TO PROHIBIT EXPORTS TO THE SOVIET UNION UNTIL THE PRESIDENT CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS NOT PROVIDING ANY MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CUBA OR AFGHANISTAN.

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

143 yea · 252 nayFailed34 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 214 nay
Republican135 yea · 39 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4653

Export Facilitation Act of 1990

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.

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Conditioning export approval on foreign military aid is a trade sanction, not US military posture.

    Tagged by: keyword:afghanistan

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.95): Prohibiting exports to the Soviet Union restricts trade.

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

    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 (144)

Nay (254)

Not voting or present (34)

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