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House Roll Call 827, 101st Congress · October 18, 1990

TO AMEND HR 4939, CONDITIONAL MOST FAVORED NATION TREATMENT FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO CERTIFY THAT CHINA HAS ACCOUNTED FOR CITIZENS DETAINED OR ACCUSED OF ACTS REGARDING THE TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE AND RELEASED SUCH CITIZENS BEFORE MFN STATUS CAN BE GRANTED.

Question before the chamber: ON AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENTS

346 yea · 74 nayAgreed to10 not voting or present
Democrat212 yea · 29 nay
Republican134 yea · 45 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4939 ↗

Regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

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 “Protectionist”

    model(0.90): Imposing human rights conditions creates barriers to granting MFN trade status.

    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 (348)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (10)

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