House vote: H.Con.Res. 151 // October 1, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Expressing the sense of Congress that China release democratic activist Liu Xiaobo from imprisonment.

Name: Expressing the sense of Congress that China release democratic activist Liu Xiaobo from imprisonment.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Walter Minnick (D-ID)

Expresses the sense of Congress that China's government immediately release Liu Xiaobo and begin making strides toward true representative democracy.

International Affairs Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

410 votes, representing 218,625,037 peopleof U.S. adults

1 vote, representing 555,796 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.5% 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	410	94.2%
Nay	Lost	1	0.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.5%

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