Senate vote: S. 372 // April 17, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372

Name: Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 372
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 93,322,740 peopleof U.S. adults

50 votes, representing 125,085,333 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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 8.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	41.1%
Yea	Lost	50	55.0%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.9%

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