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House vote: H.Res. 735 // May 18, 2016

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4909) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Bradley Byrne (R-AL)

R. 4909 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) in the House of Representatives.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

230 votes, representing 131,538,379 people52.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

175 votes, representing 100,259,788 people40.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.9% 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
YeaWon23052.8%
NayLost17540.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.9%