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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Spoken For.
House vote: H.Res. 886 // June 22, 2006

Providing for the consideration of H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act

Sponsor: ADAM PUTNAM (R-FL)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 4890 (Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 120,652,564 people53.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

196 votes, representing 98,243,489 people43.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.8% 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
YeaWon22753.6%
NayLost19643.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.8%