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House vote: H.Res. 260 // June 13, 2013

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1960) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Richard Nugent (R-FL)

R. 1960 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

233 votes, representing 129,541,765 people53.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

195 votes, representing 108,558,108 people44.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
YeaWon23353.5%
NayLost19544.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%