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House Roll Call 972, 103rd Congress · August 9, 1994

H.R.4590 BY PELOSI(D-CA) -- UNITED STATES CHINA ACT OF 1994 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE HAMILTON AMENDMENT, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, THAT ESSENTIALLY CODIFIES THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 26 EXECUTIVE ORDER RECOMMENDING MFN STATUS TO CHINA IN 1994; AUTHORIZES THE USE OF U.S.I.A. FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA; AUTHORIZES INCREASED FUNDING FOR BROADCASTING TO CHINA; URGES UNITED STATES BUSINESSES IN CHINA TO ADOPT A VOLUNTARY SET OF PRINCIPLES TO GOVERN SUCH AREAS AS BASIC WORKER RIGHTS; AND AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS IN CHINA AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNITED STATES POLICY .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

278 yea · 150 nayAgreed to8 not voting or present
Democrat146 yea · 105 nay
Republican134 yea · 46 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4590 ↗

United States China Policy Act of 1994

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 “Free trade”

    model(0.90): Codifying MFN trade status promotes 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 (280)

Nay (152)

Not voting or present (8)

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