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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 29, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Manish S. Shah, of IL, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 147,981,298 people60.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

40 votes, representing 86,574,606 people35.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.2% 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
YeaWon5760.5%
NayLost4035.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.2%