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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 9, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cheryl Marie Stanton to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 121,626,688 people47.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 133,067,202 people52.2%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 2.2 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5347.8%
NayLost4752.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%