Senate vote: Amendment // October 27, 2005Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive CBA Re: Smith Amdt. No. 2259

Name: Motion to Waive CBA Re: Smith Amdt. No. 2259
Creator: Spoken For

50 votes, representing 93,638,487 peopleof U.S. adults

46 votes, representing 113,716,076 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.5% 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 6.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	50	43.6%
Yea	Lost	46	52.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.5%

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