Senate vote: Amendment // March 8, 2005

Schumer Amdt. No. 47.

Name: Schumer Amdt. No. 47.
Creator: Spoken For

53 votes, representing 101,638,424 peopleof U.S. adults

46 votes, representing 110,021,075 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.5% 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 2.7 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	53	47.3%
Yea	Lost	46	51.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.5%

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