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House Roll Call 855, 102nd Congress · September 30, 1992

UNITED STATES CHINA ACT OF 1992 — H.R.5318 BY PEASE (D-OH) -- UNITED STATES-CHINA ACT OF 1992 (VETOED, 9/28/92) (TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR, THE HOUSE VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 5318, REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.)

Question before the chamber: PASSAGE, OBJECTION OF THE PRESIDENT NOTWITHSTANDING

345 yea · 74 nayPassed13 not voting or present
Democrat234 yea · 14 nay
Republican109 yea · 59 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5318 ↗

United States-China Act of 1992

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(0.85): Placing conditions on Most-Favored-Nation trade status restricts free trade with China.

    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 (345)

Nay (74)

Not voting or present (13)

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