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House vote: H.R. 4332 // April 29, 2008Needed two-thirds to pass

Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2007

Sponsor: CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)

Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require federal financial institution regulatory agencies, coordinating through the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, to establish: (1) a single, toll-free telephone number for consumer complaints and inquiries concerning institutions under their jurisdiction; and (2) a system for routing such calls to the federal financial institution regulatory agency that primarily supervises the financial institution, or that is otherwise the appropriate agency to address the subject of the complaint or inquiry. Cites circumstances under which state agencies may receive appropriate call transfers from such federal systems.

Finance and Financial Sector 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 215,331,113 people93.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 554,563 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% 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
YeaWon40893.8%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%