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House vote: H.Res. 273 // May 7, 2019Needed two-thirds to agree

Reaffirming the United States commitment to Taiwan and to the implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act.

Sponsor: ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)

-Taiwan relationship. It encourages increasing engagement between the United States and Taiwan and states that the President should conduct regular transfers of defense articles to Taiwan.

International Affairs Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

414 votes, representing 242,318,344 people95.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon41495.1%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.9%