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. 580 // January 6, 2016

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 712) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1155) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-GA)

R. R. 1155) to provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules.

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 137,655,508 people55.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

176 votes, representing 101,004,972 people40.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.1% 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
YeaWon24155.3%
NayLost17640.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.1%