Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 21, 2007Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704
Creator: Spoken For

36 votes, representing 79,080,579 peopleof U.S. adults

57 votes, representing 127,591,116 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.1% 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 15.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	36	34.8%
Yea	Lost	57	56.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	9.1%

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