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Senate Roll Call 546, 105th Congress · July 30, 1998

Relating to human rights in the People's Republic of China. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE TO THE HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 3124, TO CONDEMN THOSE OFFICIALS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF FORCED ABORTIONS BY PREVENTING SUCH PERSON FROM ENTERING OF REMAINING IN THE UNITED STATES, AND TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD MAKE FREEDOM OF RELIGION ONE OF THE MAJOR OBJECTS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CHINA. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

29 yea · 70 nayMotion to Table Failed1 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 28 nay
Republican11 yea · 41 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2132 ↗

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.

  • Abortion & ContraceptionDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Condemning forced abortions in China is a non-binding foreign policy resolution.

    Tagged by: keyword:abortions

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

  • Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Human rights sanctions on foreign officials do not fall on the defense expansion axis.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (29)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (1)

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