Senate vote: Amendment // September 7, 2006

Motion to Table Menendez Amdt. No. 4909

Name: Motion to Table Menendez Amdt. No. 4909
Creator: Spoken For

51 votes, representing 99,540,084 peopleof U.S. adults

44 votes, representing 112,139,746 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% 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 5.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	51	44.2%
Nay	Lost	44	49.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.0%

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