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. 1040 // March 12, 2008

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH)

Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate without further delay violations of House rules by Representative Dave Obey and report its findings and recommendations to the House, including a recommendation regarding the appropriate action for such violations.

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 112,129,419 people48.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

193 votes, representing 105,357,783 people45.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21948.8%
NayLost19345.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%