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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 24, 2014

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Jeffrey Meyer, of CT, to be U.S. District Judge

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

Won the vote · Yea

55 votes, representing 136,729,933 people55.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

37 votes, representing 85,702,622 people35.0%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
YeaWon5555.9%
NayLost3735.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.1%