Senate vote: S. 3 // April 18, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 3
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 85,521,035 peopleof U.S. adults

55 votes, representing 138,043,800 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.6% 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 12.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	37.6%
Yea	Lost	55	60.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.6%

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