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Senate vote: Cloture motion // September 23, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian McGuire to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury

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

Won the vote · Yea

82 votes, representing 189,635,457 people74.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 23,538,439 people9.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.3% 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
YeaWon8274.5%
NayLost69.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.3%