House vote: H.Res. 742 // March 30, 2006

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

Name: Providing for further 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.

224 votes, representing 119,263,893 peopleof U.S. adults

188 votes, representing 94,257,570 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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	224	53.0%
Nay	Lost	188	41.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.2%

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