Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 6, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Rockefeller Amdt. No. 4627 (Subst.) to H.R. 2881

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Rockefeller Amdt. No. 4627 (Subst.) to H.R. 2881
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 89,104,747 peopleof U.S. adults

49 votes, representing 115,624,817 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.9% 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 11.2 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	38.8%
Yea	Lost	49	50.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	10.9%

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