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.R. 3170 // July 16, 2009

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)

S. S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund; (9) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (10) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; and (11) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 127 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

Won the vote · Nay

276 votes, representing 144,833,055 people62.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

146 votes, representing 80,301,374 people34.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.0% 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
NayWon27662.4%
YeaLost14634.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%