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House vote: H.R. 2486 // July 22, 2020

FUTURE Act

Sponsor: Alma Adams (D-NC)

This bill contains provisions related to education, immigration, and drug regulation and litigation. The Department of Education (ED) shall advise each student and borrower applying for federal student aid or other programs related to student aid that ED may request the applicant's tax return from the Internal Revenue Service as necessary. The bill also increases the funding authorized for Pell Grants.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

231 votes, representing 133,860,384 people53.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

184 votes, representing 106,961,721 people42.3%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
YeaWon23153.0%
NayLost18442.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.7%