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H.R. 34: 21st Century Cures Act

Dec 7, 2016 at 2 p.m. ET. On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 34) in the Senate.

This was a vote to pass H.R. 34 (114th) in the Senate.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the 21st Century Cures Act.

The bill was originally introduced as the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 (see S. 533).

On Nov. 30, 2016, the House replaced the text of H.R. 34 completely with provisions similar to H.R. 6, an earlier version of the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Totals

All Votes R D I
Yea 94%
 
 
 
94
52
 
41
 
1
 
Nay 5%
 
 
 
5
1
 
3
 
1
 
Not Voting 1%
 
 
 
1
1
 
0
 
0
 

Motion Agreed to. Simple Majority Required. Source: senate.gov.

The Yea votes represented 97% of the country’s population by apportioning each state’s population to its voting senators.

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