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House Roll Call 786, 97th Congress · December 15, 1982

TO AMEND H.R. 5133, A BILL ESTABLISHING DOMESTIC CONTENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SCHUMER AMENDMENT EXEMPTS JAPANESE AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURES FROM REQUIREMENTS IF THE BALANCE OF TRADE DEFICIT WITH JAPAN DECLINED BASED ON THE RATIO OF THE AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS BALANCE OF TRADE TO THE DEFICIT IN GOODS AND SERVICES. (MOTION FAILED)

88 yea · 310 nay34 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 176 nay
Republican47 yea · 133 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5133

Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act

Policy area: Transportation and Public Works — 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 “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Exempts certain foreign auto manufacturers from domestic content requirements, easing protectionist rules.

    Tagged by: keyword:trade deficit

    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 (89)

Nay (310)

Not voting or present (34)

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