Senate vote: Amendment // February 6, 2009Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538

Name: Motion to Waive Sec. 201, S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Thune Amdt. No. 538
Creator: Spoken For

61 votes, representing 146,745,447 peopleof U.S. adults

35 votes, representing 71,229,177 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.1% 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	61	63.2%
Yea	Lost	35	30.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	6.1%

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