Senate vote: Amendment // July 14, 2005Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion To Waive CBA Byrd Amdt. No. 1218

Name: Motion To Waive CBA Byrd Amdt. No. 1218
Creator: Spoken For

55 votes, representing 105,492,164 peopleof U.S. adults

43 votes, representing 106,278,774 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.4% 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 0.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	55	49.1%
Yea	Lost	43	49.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.4%

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