House vote: H.Res. 202 // April 13, 2005

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: DOC HASTINGS (R-WA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent.

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237 votes, representing 119,888,297 peopleof U.S. adults

195 votes, representing 93,396,868 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	237	55.8%
Nay	Lost	195	43.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.7%

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