House vote: H.Res. 250 // March 18, 2009

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1388) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Name: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1388) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Creator: Spoken For

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)

R. 1388) to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

221 votes, representing 115,363,725 peopleof U.S. adults

182 votes, representing 100,326,074 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.0% 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	221	49.7%
Nay	Lost	182	43.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	7.0%

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