Senate vote: Amendment // March 15, 2006

Nelson Amdt. No. 3009

Name: Nelson Amdt. No. 3009
Creator: Spoken For

49 votes, representing 99,104,897 peopleof U.S. adults

49 votes, representing 122,152,574 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.7% 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 6.0 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	49	44.0%
Yea	Lost	49	54.2%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.7%

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