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House Roll Call 672, 95th Congress · November 2, 1977

TO AMEND H.R. 9179, THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC) AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1977, SO AS TO REQUIRE PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ANY LOANS OR GUARANTEES MADE TO THE NATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION OF PANAMA.

188 yea · 215 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat69 yea · 203 nay
Republican125 yea · 19 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 9179

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1978

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(0.85): Imposing congressional approval restrictions on overseas investment guarantees reflects protectionist policy.

    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 (196)

Nay (223)

Not voting or present (15)

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