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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 28, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David Weil, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division

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

Won the vote · Yea

51 votes, representing 139,814,022 people57.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 91,242,802 people37.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.6% 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
YeaWon5157.1%
NayLost4237.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.6%