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House vote: H.R. 2611 // July 16, 2013Needed two-thirds to pass

To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as the “Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building”, and for other purposes

Sponsor: ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)

Designates the Coast Guard headquarters building on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, S.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building."

Government Operations and Politics Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

411 votes, representing 228,575,201 people94.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.6% 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
YeaWon41194.4%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.6%