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House vote: S. 2278 // December 19, 2018Needed two-thirds to pass

State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: PAT ROBERTS (R-KS)

State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2022 and revise the grant program for state offices of rural health. Among other changes, the bill requires (rather than authorizes) the Department of Health and Human Services to make such grants and also alters matching fund requirements.

Health Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

357 votes, representing 207,824,204 people82.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

4 votes, representing 2,406,526 people1.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 17.0% 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
YeaWon35782.1%
NayLost41.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken017.0%