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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 29, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

63 votes, representing 157,942,068 people64.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 76,613,836 people31.3%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
YeaWon6364.5%
NayLost3431.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.2%