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House Roll Call 125, 99th Congress · June 4, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1460 TO PROVIDE A WAIVER ON THE RESTRICTIONS OF NEW INVESTMENTS IF A MAJORITY OF NON-WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS OPPOSES THE PROHIBITION, AS DETERMINED BY AN INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED REFERENDUM. (MOTION FAILED)

30 yea · 384 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 231 nay
Republican30 yea · 150 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): Providing a referendum waiver on investment restrictions softens trade prohibitions.

    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 (30)

Nay (384)

Not voting or present (19)

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