House vote: H.Res. 1434 // September 16, 2008

Providing for consideration of H.R. 6842, the National Capital Security and Safety Act

Name: Providing for consideration of H.R. 6842, the National Capital Security and Safety Act
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 6842 (National Capital Security and Safety Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

241 votes, representing 124,126,446 peopleof U.S. adults

183 votes, representing 99,790,748 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% 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	241	54.0%
Nay	Lost	183	43.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.5%

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