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. 762 // April 5, 2006

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: NANCY PELOSI (D-CA)

Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to initiate an investigation immediately of the misconduct by Members of Congress and their staff implicated in the scandals associated with Mr. Jack Abramoff's criminal activity.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

218 votes, representing 116,171,018 people51.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

198 votes, representing 99,424,690 people44.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% 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
YeaWon21851.6%
NayLost19844.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.3%