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House vote: H.R. 3 // May 22, 2013

Northern Route Approval Act

Sponsor: LEE TERRY (R-NE)

Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

Energy Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

246 votes, representing 136,075,628 people56.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

168 votes, representing 94,098,573 people38.9%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
YeaWon24656.2%
NayLost16838.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.9%