Senate vote: S. 3985 // December 8, 2010Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3985

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3985
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 101,370,873 peopleof U.S. adults

53 votes, representing 131,728,596 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.7% 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 6.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	43.2%
Yea	Lost	53	56.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.7%

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