Senate vote: Cloture motion // January 28, 2008Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3918 to S. 2248

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3918 to S. 2248
Creator: Spoken For

45 votes, representing 91,019,565 peopleof U.S. adults

48 votes, representing 120,762,832 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.8% 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 10.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	45	39.6%
Yea	Lost	48	52.6%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	7.8%

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