In a perfect democracy, at least 50% of people would support every decision.

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House vote: H.Res. 595 // February 3, 2016

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1675, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015, and providing for consideration of H.R. 766, the Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015

Sponsor: Steve Stivers (R-OH)

R. R. 766) to provide requirements for the appropriate Federal banking agencies when requesting or ordering a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account, to provide for additional requirements related to subpoenas issued under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

240 votes, representing 137,247,159 people55.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

176 votes, representing 100,866,370 people40.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% 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
YeaWon24055.1%
NayLost17640.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.3%