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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 17, 2013Needed 60 votes to end debate

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

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

Won the vote · Yea

82 votes, representing 190,300,112 people78.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

18 votes, representing 51,707,199 people21.4%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8278.6%
NayLost1821.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%