House vote: H.R. 4742 // March 22, 2016Needed two-thirds to pass
Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
Sponsor: Elizabeth Esty (D-CT)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
Science, Technology, Communications Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 11.1% 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 | 383 | 88.0% |
| Nay | Lost | 4 | 0.9% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 11.1% |