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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 12, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture William Francis Hagerty to be Ambassador to Japan

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

Won the vote · Yea

89 votes, representing 210,322,475 people83.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

11 votes, representing 41,178,647 people16.4%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon8983.6%
NayLost1116.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%