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House Roll Call 229, 105th Congress · June 24, 1997

Disapproving the Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Most-Favored-Treatment) to the Products of the People’s Republic of China — H.J.R.79 BY SOLOMON (R-NY) -- RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS TO THE PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H. J. RES. 79, DISAPPROVING THE EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT) TO THE PRODUCTS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

173 yea · 259 nayFailed3 not voting or present
Democrat93 yea · 110 nay
Republican79 yea · 149 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 79 ↗

Disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.

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(0.95): Disapproving most-favored-nation status rejects free trade terms in favor of protectionist trade restrictions.

    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 (173)

Nay (259)

Not voting or present (3)

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