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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 4, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Ellen Dudley Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 148,270,252 people60.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

34 votes, representing 75,941,768 people31.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 8.4% 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
YeaWon5760.6%
NayLost3431.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken08.4%