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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 3, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of California, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy

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

Won the vote · Yea

71 votes, representing 190,867,925 people78.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

25 votes, representing 47,452,397 people19.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.6% 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
YeaWon7178.0%
NayLost2519.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.6%