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. 687 // February 16, 2006

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: NANCY PELOSI (D-CA)

Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to begin an immediate investigation into the abuse of power surrounding the inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of the Budget Reconciliation legislation (S. 1932) cleared for the President on February 1, 2006.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

219 votes, representing 116,773,232 people51.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

187 votes, representing 93,854,171 people41.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.5% 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
YeaWon21951.9%
NayLost18741.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.5%