Senate vote: S. 470 // February 5, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 470

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 470
Creator: Spoken For

47 votes, representing 88,244,588 peopleof U.S. adults

49 votes, representing 127,648,149 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.0% 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	47	38.8%
Yea	Lost	49	56.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.0%

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