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Senate Roll Call 120, 98th Congress · June 8, 1983

TO AMEND THE HELMS MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO S. 695 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE HELMS MODIFIED AMENDMENT CONDITIONS THE RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ON THE ELIMINATION OF PREDATORY EXPORT SUBSIDY PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. THE NEW HELMS (CONTINUED) AMENDMENT RETRACTS THE PROVISIONS TO SUSPEND UNITED STATES PARTICPATION IN THE FUND IF DESIRED POLICIES ARE NOT ADOPTED BY THE FUND PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1985. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 6

81 yea · 13 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat34 yea · 8 nay
Republican47 yea · 5 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 695

International Lending Supervision 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.

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Retracting a provision to suspend U.S. participation in the IMF advances global trade and financial cooperation.

    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 (81)

Nay (13)

Not voting or present (6)

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