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. 921 // January 16, 2008Needed two-thirds to agree

Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4253, with an amendment.

Sponsor: NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)

Provides for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4253 (Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2008), with a specified amendment.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

406 votes, representing 214,049,665 people93.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 1,238,541 people0.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.3% 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
YeaWon40693.2%
NayLost20.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.3%