House vote: H.Res. 741 // March 29, 2006

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-UT)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 609) to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

225 votes, representing 119,696,284 peopleof U.S. adults

198 votes, representing 99,304,151 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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	225	53.2%
Nay	Lost	198	44.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.7%

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