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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 9, 2017

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Seema Verma to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 103,035,644 people41.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

44 votes, representing 136,116,360 people54.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 9.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5441.0%
NayLost4454.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.9%