House vote: H.Con.Res. 440 // September 29, 2008

Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.

Name: Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

m. on Saturday, January 3, 2009. m.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

213 votes, representing 109,032,756 peopleof U.S. adults

211 votes, representing 115,197,717 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 2.5 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	213	47.5%
Nay	Lost	211	50.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.4%

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