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House Roll Call 645, 109th Congress · December 16, 2005

Calling on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People’s Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by the Chinese Government

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended

413 yea · 1 nayPassed19 not voting or present
Democrat196 yea · 0 nay
Republican216 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 294 ↗

Calling on the international community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by the Chinese Government.

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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Non-binding resolution condemning foreign prison camps.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

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

Yea (413)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (19)

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