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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 11, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Joseph Sullivan to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation

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

Won the vote · Yea

69 votes, representing 153,189,218 people60.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

25 votes, representing 86,925,823 people34.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% 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
YeaWon6960.1%
NayLost2534.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%