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H.R. 6157 // September 26, 2018

Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 6157

Sponsor: KAY GRANGER (R-TX)

Highlights: This bill provides FY2019 appropriations and continuing appropriations for several federal agencies. The bill includes 2 of the 12 FY2019 appropriations bills: the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019; and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. The bill also provides FY2019 continuing appropriations through December 7, 2018, for agencies that have not been funded when FY2019 begins on October 1, 2018.

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 168 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

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Won the vote · Yea

93 votes, representing 237,559,796 people93.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

7 votes, representing 15,680,161 people6.2%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon9393.8%
NayLost76.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%