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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 10, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be Vice Chairman 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

56 votes, representing 143,403,209 people58.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

38 votes, representing 89,797,314 people36.7%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
YeaWon5658.6%
NayLost3836.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.7%