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House Roll Call 126, 99th Congress · June 5, 1985

TO AMEND H R 1460 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE SILJANDER SUBSTITUTE ESTABLISHES A UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON SOUTH AFRICA TO EXAMINE SOUTH AFRICA'S PROGRESS TOWARD THE ELIMINATION OF APARTHEID; REQUIRES UNITED STATES BUSINESSES TO COMPLY WITH FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ("SULLIVAN PRINCIPLES"); AND AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO SUPPORT BLACK AND OTHER NON-WHITE CONCERNS AND DEVELOPMENT. (MOTION FAILED)

108 yea · 310 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 229 nay
Republican103 yea · 78 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): Replacing sanctions with a commission and voluntary principles avoids strict trade bans.

    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 (108)

Nay (310)

Not voting or present (15)

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