House vote: H.Res. 1015 // March 6, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2857) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2857) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

R. 2857 (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

217 votes, representing 111,015,203 peopleof U.S. adults

193 votes, representing 105,569,768 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.7 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	217	48.3%
Nay	Lost	193	46.0%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.7%

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