House vote: H.Res. 1107 // April 16, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act

Name: Providing for consideration of H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5715 (Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

218 votes, representing 111,556,100 peopleof U.S. adults

198 votes, representing 108,170,740 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 1.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	218	48.6%
Nay	Lost	198	47.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.3%

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