House vote: H.Res. 1297 // June 25, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 6275, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act

Name: Providing for consideration of H.R. 6275, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-VT)

R. 6275) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

225 votes, representing 115,027,094 peopleof U.S. adults

194 votes, representing 105,885,834 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% 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	225	50.1%
Nay	Lost	194	46.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.8%

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