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House vote: H.Res. 256 // June 12, 2013

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014; and providing for consideration of H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act

Sponsor: Richard Nugent (R-FL)

R. R. 1256) to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps that were enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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

Won the vote · Yea

239 votes, representing 132,878,786 people54.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

184 votes, representing 102,281,095 people42.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.8% 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
YeaWon23954.9%
NayLost18442.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.8%