House vote: H.Res. 1083 // April 10, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007.

Name: Providing for consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 2537 (Beach Protection Act of 2007).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

224 votes, representing 114,837,190 peopleof U.S. adults

192 votes, representing 104,814,054 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	224	50.0%
Nay	Lost	192	45.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.4%

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