Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 13, 2009Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert M. Groves, to be Director of the Census

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Robert M. Groves, to be Director of the Census
Creator: Spoken For

76 votes, representing 176,879,939 peopleof U.S. adults

15 votes, representing 28,839,883 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.3% 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	76	76.2%
Nay	Lost	15	12.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	11.3%

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