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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 1, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Nancy L. Moritz, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

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

Won the vote · Yea

60 votes, representing 147,938,188 people60.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

38 votes, representing 95,267,990 people38.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.6% 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
YeaWon6060.4%
NayLost3838.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.6%