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Senate Roll Call 59, 98th Congress · April 20, 1983

TO TABLE MELCHER AMENDMENT TO BAKER MOTION TO WAIVE ANY PROVISIONS OF TITLES III AND IV OF PUBLIC LAW 93-344 (BUDGET ACT) WITH REGARD TO ALL PENDING MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO S.144. THE PENDING AMENDMENTS RELATE TO REPEAL OF WITHOLDING TAXES ON DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST, AND THE BUDGET ACT IS RELEVANT BECAUSE THESE TAXES ARE SEEN AS A WAY OF INCREASING REVENUES. THE MELCHER AMENDMENT MAKES THE WAIVER APPLICABLE TO "ANY OTHER BILL CONSIDERED BY THE SENATE IN THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS." SEE NOTE(S) 3

60 yea · 37 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat9 yea · 37 nay
Republican51 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 144 ↗

International Trade and Investment 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) This is a procedural vote on a Budget Act waiver regarding domestic tax policy.

    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 (60)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (3)

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