House vote: H.Res. 885 // June 22, 2006

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act

Name: Providing for the consideration of H.R. 5638, Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: DOC HASTINGS (R-WA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5638 (Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006).

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226 votes, representing 120,108,824 peopleof U.S. adults

194 votes, representing 97,217,663 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	226	53.3%
Nay	Lost	194	43.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.5%

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