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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H.R. 244 // May 4, 2017

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Paul Cook (R-CA)

Highlights: This bill provides FY2017 appropriations for most federal agencies for the remainder of FY2017. It includes 11 of the 12 regular appropriations bills, excluding the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 which was signed into law on September 29, 2016. The bill also provides additional emergency, disaster relief, and Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism funding which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 388 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

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

Chamber

Won the vote · Yea

79 votes, representing 203,496,251 people80.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

18 votes, representing 38,371,358 people15.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon7980.9%
NayLost1815.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%