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House vote: H.Res. 682 // January 10, 2018

H.Res. 682

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-GA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (S. 139) to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

233 votes, representing 135,791,785 people53.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 105,489,859 people41.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.7% 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
YeaWon23353.6%
NayLost18141.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.7%