House vote: H.Res. 724 // October 17, 2007

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act

Name: Providing for the consideration of H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

R. 2095 (Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

218 votes, representing 110,624,048 peopleof U.S. adults

194 votes, representing 104,717,929 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 1.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	218	48.7%
Nay	Lost	194	46.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.2%

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