Senate vote: Cloture motion // September 14, 2010Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 4595, as modified, to H.R. 5297

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nelson (FL) Amdt. No. 4595, as modified, to H.R. 5297
Creator: Spoken For

42 votes, representing 88,204,089 peopleof U.S. adults

56 votes, representing 145,698,752 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% 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 12.4 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Nay	Won	42	37.6%
Yea	Lost	56	62.1%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	0.3%

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