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Senate vote: Cloture motion // October 16, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Rachel P. Kovner to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

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

Won the vote · Yea

85 votes, representing 203,283,128 people79.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

3 votes, representing 10,204,683 people4.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 16.2% 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
YeaWon8579.8%
NayLost34.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken016.2%