Senate Roll Call 134, 101st Congress · July 20, 1989

To establish certain categories of Soviet and Vietnamese nationals for which evidence needed to prove refugee status is lessened, and to provide for adjustment to permanent resident status of certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees. — TO AMEND S 1160, FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, TO EASE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR REFUGEE STATUS FOR SOME SOVIET AND VIETNAMESE CITIZENS.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

97 yea · 0 nayAmendment Agreed to3 not voting or present

Democrat52 yea · 0 nay

Republican43 yea · 0 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1160 ↗

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990

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.

ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”
model(0.95): Easing requirements for refugee status expands immigrant eligibility.
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 (97)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (3)

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