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House vote: H.Res. 665 // July 22, 2009

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act

Sponsor: Michael Arcuri (D-NY)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2920) to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

243 votes, representing 126,773,318 people54.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

182 votes, representing 100,186,000 people43.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.2% 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
YeaWon24354.6%
NayLost18243.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.2%