Senate vote: S. 953 // June 6, 2013Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 953

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 953
Creator: Spoken For

46 votes, representing 98,926,654 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 134,827,707 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% 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	46	40.9%
Yea	Lost	51	55.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.4%

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