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House vote: H.Res. 934 // November 30, 2016

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 34, the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015; and providing for consideration of H.R. 6392, the Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016

Sponsor: Michael Burgess (R-TX)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 34) to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6392) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision.

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 131,314,514 people52.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

180 votes, representing 103,081,063 people41.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.8% 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
YeaWon23052.8%
NayLost18041.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.8%