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House vote: H.R. 267 // January 10, 2019

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: DAVID PRICE (D-NC)

Highlights This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. The bill includes both discretionary and mandatory funding. The HUD budget is primarily discretionary spending, and most of the DOT budget is mandatory spending, in the form of contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

244 votes, representing 142,167,615 people55.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

180 votes, representing 105,705,750 people41.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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
YeaWon24455.8%
NayLost18041.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%