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House Roll Call 372, 98th Congress · October 19, 1983

TO AMEND H.R. 3231 TO REQUIRE APPROVAL BY CONGRESS BY JOINT RESOLUTION FOR EXPORT CONTROLS THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO IMPOSE RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING AND TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL REGARDING AGRICULTURAL EXPORT CONTRACTS. (MOTION FAILED)

172 yea · 237 nay23 not voting or present
Democrat99 yea · 144 nay
Republican72 yea · 92 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3231 ↗

Export Administration Amendments Act of 1983

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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”

    model(0.80): Requiring congressional joint resolutions before imposing security export controls restrains executive power.

    Tagged by: keyword:nuclear weapons

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Free trade”

    model(0.85): Requiring congressional approval to impose export controls makes restrictions harder to enact, favoring freer trade.

    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 (172)

Nay (238)

Not voting or present (23)

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