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House vote: H.R. 499 // November 13, 2019Needed two-thirds to pass

Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act

Sponsor: STEVE CHABOT (R-OH)

Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act This bill enables the surviving spouse of a service-disabled veteran who owned a small business to retain priority of the business for a period of time upon the death of the veteran spouse, regardless of the severity of the veteran's disability.

Commerce Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

423 votes, representing 247,663,303 people97.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.8% 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
YeaWon42397.2%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.8%