In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

The U.S. falls short of this goal.

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House vote: H.Res. 1064 // September 29, 2006

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: PETE SESSIONS (R-TX)

Waives points of order against consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

220 votes, representing 117,004,237 people52.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

189 votes, representing 94,793,468 people42.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22052.0%
NayLost18942.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.9%