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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 26, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Michael J. Desmond to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury

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

Won the vote · Yea

84 votes, representing 197,646,220 people77.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

15 votes, representing 54,228,136 people21.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.1% 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
YeaWon8477.6%
NayLost1521.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.1%