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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 4, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Heath P. Tarbert to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Won the vote · Yea

83 votes, representing 202,913,258 people79.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

10 votes, representing 21,578,116 people8.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.9% 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
YeaWon8379.7%
NayLost108.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.9%