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House vote: H.R. 2864 // September 5, 2017Needed two-thirds to pass

Improving Access to Capital Act

Sponsor: Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

(Sec. 1) This bill exempts, under Regulation A+, certain fully reporting issuers of securities from specified disclosure requirements. Under current law, Regulation A+ exempts certain smaller offerings from securities registration requirements but applies only to non-reporting issuers.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

403 votes, representing 232,752,883 people92.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

3 votes, representing 1,695,140 people0.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.8% 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
YeaWon40392.5%
NayLost30.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.8%