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House vote: H.Res. 515 // March 13, 2014

Providing for consideration of H.R. 3189, the Water Rights Protection Act; and providing for consideration of H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Michael Burgess (R-TX)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3189) to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer, relinquishment, or other impairment of any water right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4015) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare payments for physicians and other professionals, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from March 17, 2014, through March 21, 2014.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 127,429,278 people52.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 108,725,750 people44.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.5% 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
YeaWon22752.1%
NayLost19344.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.5%