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House Roll Call 1021, 105th Congress · August 5, 1998

(HOUSE REJECTED THE KUCINICH AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT ANY FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT IN ANY LEGAL ACTION BROUGHT UNDER SPECIFIED SECTIONS OF THE NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION ACT OR THE URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS ACT. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

200 yea · 228 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat127 yea · 74 nay
Republican72 yea · 154 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4276

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

Policy area: Economics and Public 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.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.85): Blocking funds to enforce or implement free trade agreements pushes toward a protectionist stance.

    Tagged by: keyword:nafta

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This amendment is a policy rider blocking legal actions under trade agreements; fiscal effect is incidental.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (200)

Nay (228)

Not voting or present (7)

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