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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 23, 2018

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Jelena McWilliams, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the FDIC

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

Won the vote · Yea

73 votes, representing 154,673,915 people61.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

23 votes, representing 87,838,369 people34.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.2% 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
YeaWon7361.1%
NayLost2334.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.2%