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House vote: H.Res. 640 // March 15, 2016

Providing for consideration of H.R. 4596, the Small Business Boradband Deployment Act and H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-OH)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4596) to ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3797) to establish the bases by which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue, implement, and enforce certain emission limitations and allocations for existing electric utility steam generating units that convert coal refuse into energy.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

235 votes, representing 134,432,725 people54.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

177 votes, representing 101,425,882 people40.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon23554.0%
NayLost17740.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%