House vote: H.Res. 242 // March 15, 2007

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1362) to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 1362 (Accountability in Contracting Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

223 votes, representing 113,003,654 peopleof U.S. adults

190 votes, representing 102,372,074 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	223	49.7%
Nay	Lost	190	45.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.2%

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