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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 10, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 151,924,515 people62.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

35 votes, representing 81,276,008 people33.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.7% 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
YeaWon5962.1%
NayLost3533.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.7%