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Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 1051 // February 3, 2010

Providing for consideration of H.R. 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4061) to advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

238 votes, representing 124,858,097 people53.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 98,285,344 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon23853.2%
NayLost17541.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.9%