House vote: H.Res. 976 // February 13, 2008

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)

R. 5349) to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

210 votes, representing 107,579,925 peopleof U.S. adults

195 votes, representing 106,444,185 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.8% 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 3.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	210	46.8%
Nay	Lost	195	46.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.8%

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