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House Roll Call 1141, 105th Congress · October 12, 1998

Calling Upon the President to Respond to the Significant Increase of Steel Imports — H.C.R.350 BY ARCHER (R-TX) -- AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY PROTECTION, PROVISION (HOUSE FAILED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 350, CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES UNDER EXISTING LAW TO RESPOND TO THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF STEEL IMPORTS RESULTING FROM THE FINANCIAL CRISES IN ASIA, RUSSIA, AND OTHER REGIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

153 yea · 249 nayFailed32 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 184 nay
Republican153 yea · 64 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 350

Calling on the President to take all necessary measures under existing law to respond to the significant increase of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions, and for other purposes.

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.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.90): Urges measures to limit or respond to foreign steel imports, supporting a protectionist stance.

    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 (153)

Nay (249)

Not voting or present (32)

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