Senate vote: Amendment // February 10, 2009Needed 60 votes to waive the budget rules

Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570

Name: Motion to Waive Sec. 201 of S. Con. Res. 21, 110th Congress Re: Amdt. No. 570
Creator: Spoken For

61 votes, representing 148,848,497 peopleof U.S. adults

37 votes, representing 80,653,392 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	61	64.2%
Nay	Lost	37	34.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.1%

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