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House vote: H.Res. 770 // December 4, 2014

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, an Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; providing for consideration of H.R. 5759, Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014; and providing for consideration of H.R. 5781, to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken CA

Sponsor: Richard Nugent (R-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3979) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5759) to establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.

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 127,602,982 people52.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

191 votes, representing 107,686,516 people44.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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
YeaWon22752.1%
NayLost19144.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%