Cika wannan jumla: A 1990, Gramm ya kasa a kokarin da ya yi na gyara dokar Iraqi ta Dokar Dokokin Kasa da Kasa ta 1990. Wani gyare-gyare na baya ga dokar, D'Amato Amendment, ya haramta Amurka daga sayar da makamai ko fadada kowane irin taimakon kudi ga Iraki sai dai idan Shugaban zai iya tabbatar da cewa Iraki tana cikin "cikakken biyayya" da tanade-tanaden wasu yarjejeniyoyin kare hakkin dan adam, gami da Yarjejeniyar Kisan kare dangi. Bayan karanta D'Amato Amendment, Gramm ya gabatar da nasa gyaran don magance takunkumin kare hakkin dan adam a cikin D'Amato Amendment. Gyaran Gramm zai ba gwamnatin George Bush damar yin watsi da sharuddan gyaran D'Amato idan ta gano cewa takunkumin da aka yi wa Iraki ya cutar da kasuwancin Amurka da gonaki fiye da yadda suka cutar da Iraki. A karshe, kudurin ya wuce majalisar dattijai ba tare da gyaran Gramm ba sai mako guda kafin Saddam Hussein
sun mamaye Kuwait.