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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 9, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be a Member of Board of Directors of TVA

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

Won the vote · Yea

63 votes, representing 159,798,902 people65.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

32 votes, representing 62,700,461 people25.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.1% 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
YeaWon6365.3%
NayLost3225.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.1%