Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 20, 2009Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Christopher R. Hill, of R.I. to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Christopher R. Hill, of R.I. to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq
Creator: Spoken For

73 votes, representing 183,495,473 peopleof U.S. adults

17 votes, representing 33,257,269 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	73	79.1%
Nay	Lost	17	14.3%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.6%

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