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H.R. 2740 // October 31, 2019Senate: Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 2740

Sponsor: ROSA DELAURO (D-CT)

This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and several related and independent agencies.

Economics and Public Finance Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 175 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

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Won the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 104,474,309 people41.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 118,827,948 people46.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.3% 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 9.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon4141.0%
YeaLost5146.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.3%

Senate This side won even though more senators, and more Americans, voted the other way. Ending debate needed 60 votes here, not a majority.