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. 884 // November 4, 2009

Providing for consideration of H.R. 3639, Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3639) to amend the Credit Card Accountablity Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 to establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

228 votes, representing 118,591,611 people51.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

176 votes, representing 97,181,527 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.0% 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
YeaWon22851.1%
NayLost17641.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.0%