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House vote: H.Res. 245 // May 5, 2011

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1229, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico; and for consideration of H.R. 1230, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-UT)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

241 votes, representing 135,321,218 people57.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

171 votes, representing 89,329,509 people37.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon24157.1%
NayLost17137.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%