Senate vote: S. 1257 // September 18, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1257

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 1257
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 81,855,520 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 144,670,658 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% 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 14.0 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	36.0%
Yea	Lost	57	63.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.3%

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