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.Con.Res. 148 // December 21, 2018Needed two-thirds to agree

Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 3628.

Sponsor: Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ)

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of S. 3628 to amend the effective date.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Won the vote · Yea

344 votes, representing 199,712,859 people78.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

25 votes, representing 14,663,867 people5.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 15.3% 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
YeaWon34478.9%
NayLost255.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken015.3%