House Roll Call 586, 96th Congress · November 14, 1979

TO PASS H.R. 2727, MODIFING THE METHOD OF ESTABLISHING QUOTAS ON THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN MEAT, AND TO INCLUDE WITHIN SUCH QUOTAS CERTAIN MEAT PRODUCTS. (MOTION PASSED)

352 yea · 48 nay30 not voting or present

Democrat216 yea · 35 nay

Republican137 yea · 12 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2727 ↗

Meat Import Act 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(0.85): Imposing or expanding import quotas on meat 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 (355)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (30)

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