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House vote: H.Res. 809 // July 7, 2016

Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opiod abuse and heroin use; and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Bradley Byrne (R-AL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 524) to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

244 votes, representing 139,382,469 people56.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

179 votes, representing 102,524,155 people41.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.8% 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
YeaWon24456.0%
NayLost17941.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.8%