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House vote: H.Res. 288 // June 3, 2015

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) Commodity End-User Relief Act

Sponsor: Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

243 votes, representing 137,896,221 people55.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

182 votes, representing 103,687,058 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.3% 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
YeaWon24355.8%
NayLost18241.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.3%