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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 16, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Frank William Volk to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia

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

Won the vote · Yea

90 votes, representing 218,912,199 people86.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.0% 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
YeaWon9086.0%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.0%