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House Roll Call 187, 105th Congress · June 11, 1997

(HOUSE AGREED TO THE GILMAN EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT URGES PERU TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND EXPEDITE LEGAL PROCEDURES; DIRECTS THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA; ESTABLISHES SPECIAL ENVOYS TO PROMOTE MUTUAL DISARMAMENT TALKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT TAIWAN SHOULD RECONSIDER THE TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR WASTE TO NORTH KOREA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PRIME MINISTER GUJRAL OF INDIA; SUPPORTS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF BELARUS; SUPPORTS THE ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; REQUIRES A REPORT CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF THE HMONG AND LAOTIAN REFUGEES WHO HAVE RETURNED TO LAOS; WITHHOLDS ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT PROVIDE NUCLEAR FUEL TO CUBA; MAKES FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT OF 1996 AND THE CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT OF 1992; URGES THE PRESIDENT TO ACHIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT WITH ALL WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT COUNTRIES; AND REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUY AMERICAN ACT.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

292 yea · 135 nayAgreed to7 not voting or present
Democrat189 yea · 11 nay
Republican102 yea · 124 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1757

Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) The amendment includes both free trade provisions (WTO accession) and protectionist provisions (Buy American Act).

    Tagged by: keyword:world trade organization

    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 (292)

Nay (135)

Not voting or present (7)

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