Senate vote: Amendment // March 26, 2009

Thune Amdt. No. 716

Name: Thune Amdt. No. 716
Creator: Spoken For

49 votes, representing 114,177,634 peopleof U.S. adults

48 votes, representing 113,008,940 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.1% 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 0.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	49	49.2%
Yea	Lost	48	48.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	2.1%

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