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. 504 // March 6, 2014

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Marcia Fudge (D-OH)

Condemns the offensive and disrespectful manner in which Chairman Darrell E. Issa conducted the hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 5, 2014, during which he turned off the microphones of the Ranking Member while he was speaking and adjourned the hearing without a vote or a unanimous consent agreement.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

211 votes, representing 118,540,689 people48.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

186 votes, representing 104,953,894 people42.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House. The winning side fell 1.6 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21148.4%
NayLost18642.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.7%