Senate vote: Amendment // November 17, 2005Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive CBA Nelson Amdt. No. 2601

Name: Motion to Waive CBA Nelson Amdt. No. 2601
Creator: Spoken For

47 votes, representing 81,937,556 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 128,681,837 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.0% 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 11.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	47	38.1%
Yea	Lost	51	59.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.0%

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