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Senate Roll Call 633, 99th Congress · August 15, 1986

TO ADOPT S 2701, THE COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-APARTHEID ACT OF (CONTINUED) 1986, WHICH IS HR 4868. THE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT LOANS AND INVESTMENTS TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE IMPORTATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN COAL, URANIUM, STEEL, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. THE SANCTIONS WOULD CONTINUE IN FORCE UNTIL SOUTH AFRICA MET CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND GAVE AUTHORITY TO THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS AFTER A YEAR IF THE CONDITIONS WERE NOT MET.

84 yea · 14 nay
Democrat48 yea · 0 nay
Republican37 yea · 15 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4868 ↗

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • Climate & EnergyDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Foreign policy sanctions against South Africa, not energy policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:coal

    Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (85)

Nay (15)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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