Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 9, 2010Needed 60 votes to end debate

Cloture Motion on Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board

Name: Cloture Motion on Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board
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33 votes, representing 68,312,413 peopleof U.S. adults

52 votes, representing 142,659,508 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.1% 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 20.9 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	33	29.1%
Yea	Lost	52	60.8%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	10.1%

Senate This side won even though more senators, and more Americans, voted the other way. Ending debate needed 60 votes here, not a majority.

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