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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 29, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Neomi Rao to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

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

Won the vote · Yea

59 votes, representing 126,518,320 people50.3%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

36 votes, representing 115,115,470 people45.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% 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
YeaWon5950.3%
NayLost3645.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%