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. 1216 // April 21, 2010Needed two-thirds to agree

Congratulating Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his tenth year of service as Chaplain of the House of Representatives.

Sponsor: Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)

Congratulates Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his 10th year of faithful service as Chaplain of the House.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

412 votes, representing 222,556,807 people94.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon41294.8%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%