House vote: H.Res. 850 // June 8, 2006

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5252) to promote the deployment of broadband networks and services.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5252) to promote the deployment of broadband networks and services.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (R-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5252 (Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

254 votes, representing 134,272,633 peopleof U.S. adults

166 votes, representing 82,998,172 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.5% 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	254	59.6%
Nay	Lost	166	36.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.5%

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