Senate vote: Amendment // March 3, 2005

Schumer Amdt. No. 42

Name: Schumer Amdt. No. 42
Creator: Spoken For

56 votes, representing 105,838,849 peopleof U.S. adults

39 votes, representing 89,203,990 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.2% 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 0.7 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	56	49.3%
Yea	Lost	39	41.5%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.2%

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