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. 324 // June 16, 2005

H.Res. 324

Sponsor: JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)

Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) strongly condemns the manner in which Representative Sensenbrenner has responded to the minority party's request for an additional day of oversight hearings on the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act, and the manner in which such hearing was conducted; and (2) instructs Representative Sensenbrenner, in consultation with Representative Conyers, to schedule a further day of hearings with witnesses requested by members of the minority party concerning the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act.

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

Won the vote · Yea

222 votes, representing 112,550,083 people52.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

191 votes, representing 91,412,733 people42.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.1% 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
YeaWon22252.4%
NayLost19142.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.1%