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Senate Roll Call 362, 97th Congress · November 10, 1981

TO AMEND THE CHILES AMENDMENT TO S. 1112 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE HEINZ AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL EMPHASIZE AND CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF INTEREST RATES. THE CHILES AMENDMENT DIRECTS THAT, BY NOVEMBER 25 THE PRESIDENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, SHALL EXERCISE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO ASSURE AN ADEQUATE FLOW OF CREDIT TO SMALL BORROWERS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 16

50 yea · 35 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 38 nay
Republican46 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1112

Export Administration Amendments Act of 1981

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) Domestic interest rate policy amendment is unrelated to the trade axis.

    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 (52)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (10)

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