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.Con.Res. 112 // May 1, 2007Needed two-thirds to agree

Supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.

Sponsor: CAROLYN MCCARTHY (D-NY)

States that the Congress supports the goals and ideas of National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, and urges public officials and the general public to honor early childhood care and education staff and programs in their communities and to work together to resolve the early childhood care and education staff compensation crisis.

Commemorations Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

345 votes, representing 178,640,035 people78.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

73 votes, representing 39,647,284 people17.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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
YeaWon34578.6%
NayLost7317.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%