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. 1448 // June 17, 2010

Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 5297 (Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010).

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

241 votes, representing 126,366,423 people53.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

179 votes, representing 100,124,442 people42.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.5% 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
YeaWon24153.8%
NayLost17942.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.5%