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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 18, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gary Richard Brown 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

91 votes, representing 224,093,307 people88.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

2 votes, representing 833,741 people0.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.7% 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
YeaWon9188.0%
NayLost20.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.7%