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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 3, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Bruce Hendricks, of South Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 145,411,039 people59.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

35 votes, representing 88,760,382 people36.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.3% 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
YeaWon5959.4%
NayLost3536.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.3%