Senate vote: S. 1243 // August 1, 2013Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1243

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1243
Creator: Spoken For

43 votes, representing 99,096,366 peopleof U.S. adults

54 votes, representing 137,197,848 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.4% 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 9.1 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	43	40.9%
Yea	Lost	54	56.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.4%

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