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Senate Roll Call 612, 106th Congress · September 12, 2000

To require the President certify to Congress that the People's Republic of China is in compliance with certain Memoranda of Understanding regarding prohibition on import and export of prison labor products and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

29 yea · 68 nayAmendment Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 28 nay
Republican12 yea · 40 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 4444 ↗

To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and 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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This amendment concerns foreign human rights and trade conditions, not US criminal justice policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • TradeA yea counts toward “Protectionist”

    model(0.85): Adding human rights certifications creates conditions and hurdles to free trade with China.

    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 (29)

Nay (68)

Not voting or present (3)

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