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House vote: H.R. 362 // April 24, 2007

To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes

Sponsor: BART GORDON (D-TN)

Title I: Science Scholarships - 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act - (Sec. 103) Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF), in carrying out the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program (formerly, the Robert Noyce Scholarship program), to increase the number of elementary and secondary mathematics and science teachers having both exemplary subject knowledge and pedagogical skills by up to 10,000 per year. (Sec.

Education Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

408 votes, representing 213,323,979 people93.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

4 votes, representing 1,978,572 people0.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon40893.9%
NayLost40.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%