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House Roll Call 973, 103rd Congress · August 9, 1994

(HOUSE REJECTED THE PELOSI AMENDMENT, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, THAT SOUGHT TO DENY THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO PROVIDE MFN TRADE STATUS IN 1994 FOR PRODUCTS PRODUCED, MANUFACTURED, OR SUPPORTED BY THE CHINESE ARMY, CHINESE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL TRADING COMPANIES, AND STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN CHINA; DIRECT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO PUBLISH A LIST OF ENTERPRISES OWNED BY THE CHINESE MILITARY, CHINESE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL TRADING COMPANIES, AND STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, AND TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS FROM THE LIST; AND TO URGE THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE UNITED STATES FIRMS DEALING WITH CHINA TO ADOPT A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH RECOGNIZES CERTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING BASIC WORKER RIGHTS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

155 yea · 269 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat111 yea · 138 nay
Republican46 yea · 132 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 “Protectionist”

    model(0.90): Denying MFN status to state-owned Chinese enterprises restricts free trade.

    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 (158)

Nay (270)

Not voting or present (11)

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