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. 639 // December 19, 2005

Waiving points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2863, Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2006

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)

Waives points of order against consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2863 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

214 votes, representing 107,961,161 people50.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

201 votes, representing 97,040,654 people45.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.6% 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
YeaWon21450.3%
NayLost20145.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.6%