Senate vote: S. 147 // June 8, 2006Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 147

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 147
Creator: Spoken For

41 votes, representing 92,186,829 peopleof U.S. adults

56 votes, representing 123,228,151 peopleof 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 Senate. The winning side fell 9.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	41	40.9%
Yea	Lost	56	54.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	4.3%

Senate This side won even though more senators, and more Americans, voted the other way. Ending debate needed 60 votes here, not a majority.

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