Senate vote: Amendment // March 13, 2008Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340

Name: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340
Creator: Spoken For

59 votes, representing 146,507,702 peopleof U.S. adults

39 votes, representing 80,039,471 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.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	59	63.8%
Yea	Lost	39	34.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.4%

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