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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 11, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Hahn to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services

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

Won the vote · Yea

74 votes, representing 176,335,952 people69.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

19 votes, representing 59,721,893 people23.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.3% 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
YeaWon7469.2%
NayLost1923.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.3%