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. 688 // April 19, 2016

Providing for consideration of H.R. 4890, to impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the IRS until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy; and providing for consideration of H.R. 3724, the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2015

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-GA)

R. R. 3724) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service for misconduct.

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 137,334,455 people55.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

172 votes, representing 98,389,555 people39.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon24055.2%
NayLost17239.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%