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House Roll Call 436, 96th Congress · September 18, 1979

TO AMEND H.R. 4034, EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS, BY LIMITING U.S. EXPORTS OF CATTLE HIDES TO REASONABLE LEVELS UNTIL FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS WHO HAVE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS RESUME REASONABLE LEVEL OF EXPORTS OR UNTIL SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES BECOME AVAILABLE TO DOMESTIC USERS. (MOTION FAILED)

185 yea · 218 nay20 not voting or present
Democrat132 yea · 124 nay
Republican57 yea · 98 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4034

Export Administration Act Amendments of 1979

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): Limiting exports imposes trade restrictions, which is protectionist.

    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 (191)

Nay (223)

Not voting or present (20)

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