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Senate Roll Call 54, 106th Congress · March 18, 1999

To require prior congressional approval before the United States supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

69 yea · 30 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 7 nay
Republican29 yea · 23 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 544 ↗

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999

Policy area: Economics and Public 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): Tabling a restriction on China's WTO entry removes a trade barrier, advancing free trade.

    Tagged by: keyword:world trade organization

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Requiring congressional approval for WTO admission is a trade procedure, not a budget issue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

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

Yea (69)

Nay (30)

Not voting or present (1)

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