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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 10, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John P. Pallasch to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor

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

Won the vote · Yea

54 votes, representing 122,343,353 people48.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

41 votes, representing 104,785,438 people41.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 10.8% 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 2.0 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5448.0%
NayLost4141.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken010.8%