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House Roll Call 904, 98th Congress · October 11, 1984

EXTENDING THE AUTHORITIES UNDER THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979. THE SENATE AMENDMENT INCREASES CONTRACT SANCTITY OF U.S. SUPPLIERS, INVOLVES CONGRESS IN APPROVING TREATIES INVOLVING THE EXPORT OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS IN GENERAL, AND PROVIDES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH AFRICA. THE HOUSE AMENDMENT RESTORES THE BAN ON BANK LOANS BY COMMERCIAL BANKS TO SOUTH AFRICA. (MOTION PASSED)

269 yea · 62 nay101 not voting or present
Democrat169 yea · 11 nay
Republican98 yea · 50 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4230

Export Administration Act Amendments of 1984

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(0.90): Imposing export controls and financial bans restricts free 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 (269)

Nay (62)

Not voting or present (101)

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