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House vote: H.R. 8790 // September 24, 2024

Fix Our Forests Act

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-AR)

This bill establishes requirements for managing forests on federal land, including requirements concerning reducing wildfire threats, expediting the review of certain forest management projects, and implementing forest management projects and other activities. S. S.

Public Lands and Natural Resources Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

268 votes, representing 165,159,579 people61.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

151 votes, representing 91,611,644 people34.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% 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
YeaWon26861.9%
NayLost15134.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%