Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 7, 2006Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Creator: Spoken For

89 votes, representing 202,863,577 peopleof U.S. adults

6 votes, representing 16,618,209 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.5% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	89	90.1%
Nay	Lost	6	7.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.5%

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