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House vote: H.R. 4771 // February 8, 2018

Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018

Sponsor: Mia Love (R-UT)

Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to revise its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on Assessment of Financial and Managerial Factors (which allows smaller bank companies to have higher debt levels than are generally allowed). Specifically, the FRB must raise the consolidated asset threshold at which the statement applies from $1 billion to $3 billion.

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

280 votes, representing 162,654,399 people64.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

139 votes, representing 81,165,223 people32.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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
YeaWon28064.2%
NayLost13932.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%