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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 12, 2013

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Brian Morris, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 142,879,769 people59.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 91,957,582 people38.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5759.0%
NayLost4038.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.0%