Senate vote: S. 3044 // June 10, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3044
Creator: Spoken For

43 votes, representing 89,146,157 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 120,758,881 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.6% 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 11.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	43	38.8%
Yea	Lost	51	52.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	8.6%

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