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House Roll Call 792, 105th Congress · May 19, 1998

Drug Free Borders Act of 1998 — H.R.3809 BY CRANE (R-IL) -- DRUG FREE BORDERS ACT OF 1998 (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, H.R. 3809, AMENDED, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEARS 1999 AND 2000.)

Question before the chamber: Suspend the rules and pass, as amended

320 yea · 86 nayPassed26 not voting or present
Democrat111 yea · 80 nay
Republican209 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3809 ↗

Drug Free Borders Act of 1998

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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Authorizing Customs appropriations is border enforcement spending, not trade policy.

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

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Authorizing appropriations increases federal spending baseline.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (320)

Nay (86)

Not voting or present (26)

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