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Senate Roll Call 692, 99th Congress · October 2, 1986

TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO, HR 4868, THE ANTI-APARTHEID ACT, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT LOANS AND INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, BAN THE IMPORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN IRON, STEEL, URANIUM, COAL, TEXTILES, SUGAR, AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND THE EXPORT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO THAT COUNTRY. (A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT AND VOTING IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A VETO).

78 yea · 21 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat48 yea · 0 nay
Republican30 yea · 21 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 (0.90) This is a foreign policy sanctions bill against South Africa, not climate 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 (78)

Nay (21)

Not voting or present (1)

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