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House vote: H.R. 4502 // July 29, 2021

H.R. 4502

Sponsor: ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)

This bill provides FY2022 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 7 of the 12 regular FY2022 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022. S.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 110 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

Won the vote · Yea

219 votes, representing 129,077,635 people50.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

209 votes, representing 124,687,387 people48.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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
YeaWon21950.1%
NayLost20948.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.6%