Key Vote 100th Congress > Senate > Vote 589

Date: 1988-06-08

Result: 61-37

Vote Subject Matter: Foreign and Defense Policy / Regulation General Interest

Description: TO ADOPT, OVER PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VETO, OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT, A BILL TO ENHANCE THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ABROAD BY STRENGTHENING ACTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE, CLARIFYING GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS CONDUCT ABROAD, REORGANIZING EDUCATION AND EXPORT PROGRAMS, RESCINDING THE WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON OIL, AND REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE OF LARGE-SCALE PLANT CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SUSTAINED THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 134, p. 7385;

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