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Senate Roll Call 393, 98th Congress · February 29, 1984

TO AMEND THE DIXON AMENDMENT TO S. 979 WITH A PERFECTING AMENDMENT. THE DIXON AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR EXPORT CONTROLS ON AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. THE HEINZ PERFECTING AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD ONLY EXTEND THE CONTROLS BEYOND THE 60 DAYS GRANTED BY THE DIXON AMENDMENT IF AT OR PRIOR TO THE END OF A 60-DAY PERIOD HE CERTIFIES TO THE CONGRESS, FIRST, THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE IMPOSITION OF THE CONTROLS ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE, SECOND, THAT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE COOPERATING WITH THESE CONTROLS OR ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO COOPERATE WITH THOSE, AND, THIRD, THAT U.S. FARMERS WILL NOT BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTROLS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 24

20 yea · 74 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 36 nay
Republican15 yea · 38 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 979

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 “Free trade”

    model(0.85): Requiring presidential certifications to extend export controls makes maintaining trade barriers harder.

    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 (20)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (6)

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