House vote: H.Res. 1102 // April 15, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 5719

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 5719
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-OH)

R. 5719 (Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

220 votes, representing 112,581,304 peopleof U.S. adults

196 votes, representing 107,100,576 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.0 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	220	49.0%
Nay	Lost	196	46.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.3%

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