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House Roll Call 124, 99th Congress · June 4, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1460 TO PROVIDE A WAIVER ON THE RESTRICTIONS OF NEW INVESTMENTS, IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DETERMINES THROUGH A POLL, THAT A MAJORITY OF NON-WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS OPPOSES THE RESTRICTIONS OR DIVESTITURE.

40 yea · 379 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 235 nay
Republican40 yea · 143 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1460 ↗

Anti-Apartheid Action Act of 1985

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): Allowing waivers on investment restrictions moves toward freer trade and investment.

    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 (40)

Nay (381)

Not voting or present (12)

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