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House vote: H.R. 3354 // September 14, 2017

Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: KEN CALVERT (R-CA)

Highlights: This bill provides appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of FY2018. It also provides additional Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. S.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 336 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

Won the vote · Yea

211 votes, representing 121,027,520 people48.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 115,019,573 people45.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.9 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21148.1%
NayLost19845.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.1%