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House vote: H.Res. 362 // July 15, 2015

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2898, Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015; and providing for consideration of H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II

Sponsor: Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2898) to provide drought relief in the State of California, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3038) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

245 votes, representing 138,890,370 people56.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

182 votes, representing 103,687,167 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.9% 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
YeaWon24556.2%
NayLost18241.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.9%