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House vote: H.Res. 317 // September 15, 2009Needed two-thirds to agree

Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and for other purposes

Sponsor: DENNIS MOORE (D-KS)

Recognizes: (1) the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, including the metropolitan Kansas City area and St. Joseph, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor; and (2) the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor as the national center of the animal health industry.

Animals Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

312 votes, representing 165,250,249 people71.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

108 votes, representing 58,817,152 people25.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% 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
YeaWon31271.2%
NayLost10825.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%