Senate vote: Cloture motion // January 17, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 3 To S.1

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Reid Amdt No. 3 To S.1
Creator: Spoken For

46 votes, representing 92,529,663 peopleof U.S. adults

51 votes, representing 131,519,695 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.4% 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 9.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	46	40.7%
Yea	Lost	51	57.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.4%

Senate This side won even though more senators, and more Americans, voted the other way. Ending debate needed 60 votes here, not a majority.

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