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13-HCR29 on Apr 10, 2013

• WHEREAS Taiwan has never been under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which continues to illegitimately claim sovereignty over Taiwan and its 23,000,000 citizens;
• WHEREAS the Shanghai Communique, which maintains that there is 'One China' and that 'Taiwan is part of China', was established without the consultation of Congress or the people of Taiwan;
• WHEREAS the PRC has since used the 'One China Policy' to block Taiwan's membership and full participation in international organizations and events, ranging from the UN to the Olympics;
• WHEREAS the 'One China Policy' is effectively obsolete, and does not reflect the obvious reality that Taiwan has functioned as an independent and sovereign country for over half a century;

Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that it is the sense of Congress that--
1. the President should abandon the fundamentally flawed 'One China Policy' in favor of a more realistic 'One China, One Taiwan Policy' that recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign and independent country
2. the President should begin the proces

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   Participating counts on VoteMatch question 14. Question 14: Support American Exceptionalism Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
   • Topic: Foreign Policy
   • Headline: Sponsored resuming normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Score: 1)
   • Headline 2: Resume normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Score: 1)
     
     Participating counts on AmericansElect question 5.
   • Headline: Sponsored resuming normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Answer: B)
   • Headline 2: Resume normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan (Answer: B)
   • AmericansElect Quiz Question 5 on Foreign Policy: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
     • A: The US should always act in its own interest regardless of what other countries think
     • B: The US should rarely listen to other countries
     • C: The US should listen to other countries more often than not
     • D: The US should always listen to other countries before pursuing its own interests
     • E: Unsure
     
     
     
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   Democrats participating in 13-HCR29
   Rob Andrews	s1o	New Jersey Democrat (resigned 2014)	Apr 10, 2013
   Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1o	Texas Democrat	May 6, 2013
   Marc Veasey	s1o	Texas Democrat	May 13, 2013

   
   
   

   Republicans participating in 13-HCR29
   Joe Linus Barton	s1o	Texas Republican	May 3, 2013
   Virginia Foxx	s1o	North Carolina Republican	May 3, 2013
   Walter Beaman Jones	s1o	North Carolina Republican	Apr 26, 2013
   Doug Lamborn	s1o	Colorado Republican	Apr 30, 2013
   Leonard Lance	s1o	New Jersey Republican	Apr 30, 2013
   Blaine Luetkemeyer	s1o	Missouri Republican	May 6, 2013
   Kenny Marchant	s1o	Texas Republican	May 8, 2013
   Michael McCaul	s2p	Texas Republican	Apr 10, 2013

   
   
   

   Independents participating in 13-HCR29

   
   
   

   Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

   Democrats: 3 Republicans: 8 Independents: 0