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House Roll Call 302, 98th Congress · August 3, 1983

TO AMEND THE BURTON AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2957. THE BURTON AMENDMENT REQUIRES THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO INSTRUCT THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES TO THE IMF TO VOTE AGAINST ANY LOAN WHICH WOULD GIVE A COMMUNIST OR THIRD WORLD COUNTRY A RATE LESS THAN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GUARANTEED LOAN RATE. THE ST GERMAIN AMENDMENT INSTRUCTS THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND THE UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IMF TO STUDY THE FUND'S POLICIES ON SETTING INTEREST RATES BELOW MARKET RATES. (MOTION PASSED)

286 yea · 136 nay11 not voting or present
Democrat215 yea · 37 nay
Republican68 yea · 99 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2957 ↗

International Recovery and Financial Stability Act

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 “Free trade”

    model(0.85): Replaces strict IMF loan prohibitions with a study, favoring open financial assistance.

    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 (286)

Nay (136)

Not voting or present (11)

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