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House Roll Call 1151, 105th Congress · October 15, 1998

Steel Imports — H.RES.598 BY TRAFICANT (D-OH) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING STEEL IMPORTS FROM ASIA, RUSSIA AND OTHER REGIONS (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASSED H. RES. 598, CALLING ON THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO RESPOND TO THE SURGE 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

345 yea · 44 nayPassed45 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 0 nay
Republican161 yea · 44 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 598

Calling on the President to take all necessary measures to respond to the surge 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(0.95): Urging executive action against foreign steel imports promotes protectionist trade policies.

    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 (345)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (45)

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