House vote: H.Res. 1276 // June 20, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008

Name: Providing for consideration of H.R. 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 5876 (Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

220 votes, representing 112,657,149 peopleof U.S. adults

179 votes, representing 97,895,712 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.3% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	220	49.1%
Nay	Lost	179	42.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	8.3%

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