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. 268 // April 1, 2019Senate: Needed 60 votes to end debate

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: NITA LOWEY (D-NY)

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 This bill provides FY2019 appropriations to federal agencies, including supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance and continuing appropriations for agencies that are included in the seven FY2019 appropriations bills that have not been enacted. 2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The bill designates the spending as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

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

Chamber

Won the vote · Nay

48 votes, representing 108,211,543 people42.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

46 votes, representing 117,756,623 people46.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 7.5 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4842.5%
YeaLost4646.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.3%