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senate Bill S. 178

Should the U.S. Block Technology Exports That Could Aid China’s Persecution of the Uighur Muslims?

Argument in favor

The U.S. should take a stand against the People’s Republic of China’s mass surveillance of the Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities and the internment of a million or more in “political reeducation” camps. The reports required by this bill would orient federal agencies toward strategies that will end the persecution diplomatically.

Mitchell's Opinion

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12/01/2019

Yes and while we're on it we should do the same here too.

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Martha's Opinion

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12/01/2019

We should do anything we can to punish countries that repress their citizens, and that includes our own country.

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Jeff's Opinion

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12/02/2019

Selling arms and technology for repressing or eliminating others is immoral.

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Argument opposed

Congress shouldn’t try to tie the hands of the executive branch as it engages in diplomacy with China. The reports required by this bill could further weaken the U.S.-China diplomatic relationship amid an ongoing trade dispute and tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program.

NoHedges's Opinion

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12/02/2019

I will not support any Republican legislation until the GOP upholds the Constitution and decides to represent the people who elected them over both president/party. I AM DONE WITH THE DO AS I SAY BULLSHIT. Ethical leadership does NOT promote lies and deceitful practices. END THE “steady state” nightmare.

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jimK's Opinion

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12/02/2019

I think a Congressional resolution is appropriate; of our Country’s belief in human rights and that it is our belief that that Uighur’s rights as human beings are being violated by China’s persecution policies. I don’t think we have the right nor the authority to unilaterally impose our beliefs on another country, unless we do so as part of a broader world community of allied partners. This appears to be another attempt to leverage an unrelated issue in order to force trade policy changes because we think we can. Our ability to enforce our will on other countries has been seriously diminished under our republican-enabled trump ‘rule’. The downfall of authoritarian regimes, of which we have increasingly become, is that their self-righteous beliefs, which by ‘proclamation’ are ‘right and righteous’, can simply be imposed on others. If needed, these beliefs should not be ‘policied’ by us alone because ‘we said so’ without allied interests and international cooperation and support. In particular, this all seems quite hypocritical given our own abdominal recent ‘human-rights’ abuses of Latino immigrants. ... ... ... It is always much better to ‘lead’ by our example than it is to ‘lead’ by imposing our self-righteous mandates.

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Jeanne's Opinion

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12/02/2019

We jail babies! How are we superior to leaders of China?

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bill Progress

Not enacted
The President has not signed this bill
The house Passed December 3rd, 2019
Roll Call Vote 407 Yea / 1 Nay
The senate Passed September 11th, 2019
Passed by Voice Vote
IntroducedJanuary 17th, 2019

Bill Activity

10/23/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
10/21/2020
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Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207.
10/21/2020
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Second cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 207. (CR S6343)
10/20/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
10/20/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6318)
10/19/2020
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Second cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) presented in Senate. (CR S6050)
10/19/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S6050-6052)
10/19/2020
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Second cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) presented in Senate.
10/19/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
09/30/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
09/30/2020
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 178 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 46. Record Vote Number: 198.
09/30/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S5923-5924)
09/30/2020
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 178 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 46. Record Vote Number: 198. (CR S5923)
09/10/2020
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Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 168.
09/10/2020
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Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 168. (CR S5532-5533)
09/08/2020
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Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) made in Senate.
09/08/2020
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Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2499) withdrawn.
09/08/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
09/08/2020
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Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) made in Senate. (CR S5433)
09/08/2020
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Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S5433)
09/08/2020
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Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2652) presented in Senate.
07/30/2020
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Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to S. 178 with an amendment (SA 2499) made in Senate. (CR S4618)
07/30/2020
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Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S4618-4622)
07/30/2020
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Motion to proceed to consideration of House message to accompany S. 178 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 42. Record Vote Number: 153. (CR S4617)
07/30/2020
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Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 178 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 42. Record Vote Number: 153. (CR S4617)
12/04/2019
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Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
12/03/2019
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
12/03/2019
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 1 (Roll no. 644).
12/03/2019
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Considered as unfinished business.
12/03/2019
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At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
12/03/2019
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 178.
12/03/2019
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Considered under suspension of the rules.
12/03/2019
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Mr. Sires moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
12/03/2019
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 1 (Roll no. 644). (text: CR H9201-9203)
12/03/2019
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Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9209)
12/03/2019
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9201-9208)
10/30/2019
Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
10/30/2019
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
09/12/2019
IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
09/12/2019
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
09/12/2019
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Received in the House.
09/11/2019
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5450-5452; text: CR S5450-5452)
06/03/2019
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99.
06/03/2019
Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
05/22/2019
Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
01/17/2019
IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

bill Progress

Not enacted
The President has not signed this bill
The house Passed December 3rd, 2019
Roll Call Vote 407 Yea / 1 Nay
The senate Passed September 11th, 2019
Passed by Voice Vote
IntroducedJanuary 17th, 2019

Bill Data

Issues

Sponsor

Sen Marco Rubio

(R - FL)

50 Cosponsors

Introduced 01/17/2019

Full text of Bill

Mitchell's Opinion In Favor

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12/01/2019

Yes and while we're on it we should do the same here too.

Like (90)

NoHedges's Opinion Against

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12/02/2019

Like (85)

Martha's Opinion In Favor

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12/01/2019

We should do anything we can to punish countries that repress their citizens, and that includes our own country.

Like (66)

jimK's Opinion Against

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12/02/2019

Like (53)

Jeanne's Opinion Against

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12/02/2019

We jail babies! How are we superior to leaders of China?

Like (44)

Jeff's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

Selling arms and technology for repressing or eliminating others is immoral.

Like (37)

FracturedGhast7's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

China has repeatedly violated human rights, killed political opponents / innocent protesters, and much more. The government shouldn’t be selling them anything that could benefit them on their violent acts and acts of aggression. Sure, it may harm the economy a small amount, but I don’t believe profit is more important than human rights.

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Allison's Opinion In Favor

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05/21/2019

We said Never Again after the Holocaust. After Cambodia. After Rwanda. After countless other genocides, internment camps, and atrocities. It’s time to translate remembrance into action, and hold ourselves responsible, as members of a globalized world, to looking out for our fellow humans. It’s time to call out the country that has tried - and up to this point, largely succeeded - to quietly disappear the Uyghurs. I support diplomatic solutions to working to end China’s oppression of the Uyghur population.

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Bradford's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

Although I don’t care much for Senator Rubio, I feel his S178, the UIGHUR act is a starting point, more than likely an attempt to burnish his foreign policy resume credentials for the future. The thought that our executive branch is “negotiating” during a sensitive time is a tough lie to swallow when the ‘sensitive time’ is yet another self created obstacle. The only time our executive branch is not shooting itself in the foot is when it’s reloading. Only by supporting what’s right for humanity will we regain a small portion of the respect that we have through our own stupidity as a nation thrown away. Let’s also remember that leading by example is far more meaningful than saying one thing while doing another.

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Deborah's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

I am for Human Rights and that means all people everywhere!

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Austin's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

The US should not support genocide

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Robert's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

Why does America need to give China any technology? I don’t believe that we should

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operaman's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

The USA needs no excuse to block giving technology to China. Just another question to support Socialism.

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Kathi13's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

While we are persecuting Muslims ourselves?!

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Ticktock's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

The US should be careful of any tech sold or shipped to China or their surrogates. Not only because they may using it against their religious minorities but will use it against us as well.

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Martha's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

We should never weigh the benefits or penalties when considering supporting human rights. There is a greater good that needs to be our priority regardless of the parties involved. Further we cannot be a beacon of hope around the world while ignoring the atrocities being committed in this country. We need to walk the walk not just talk the talk.

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Rebekah 's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

The hypocrisy is simply staggering. The AMERICAN Indians who spent a freezing winter out on the plains, attacked by mercenaries hired by Big Polluters with attack dogs and fire hoses, are still in jail and the new pipeline has already had two massive leaks. The Hispanic children the Administration has “lost,” given up to adoption, or left in jail, is “unable to be accurately counted.” Americans have come to accept the thousands of Americans killed by poorly trained and militarized police. The list of horrors perpetrated by our corporate controlled government is endless!

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Linda's Opinion In Favor

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12/02/2019

Technology exports should be banned to any country in the interest of national security. An example that concerns me is the sharing of smart bomb parts to Saudis Arabia so they can manufacture for USA. Why wasn’t these manufactured in USA creating jobs, protecting quality of parts, & preventing a shortage if Saudis use as leverage? I see problems ahead.

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