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. 517 // March 13, 2014

Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Sponsor: Daniel Kildee (D-MI)

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. Requires that he come to the well of the House of Representatives to issue a public apology to Members 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

217 votes, representing 121,753,650 people49.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

173 votes, representing 97,583,865 people39.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.4% 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 0.3 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon21749.7%
NayLost17339.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.4%