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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 10, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Holly A. Brady to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana

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

Won the vote · Yea

56 votes, representing 127,071,681 people49.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 124,150,126 people48.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 0.1 points short of a majority of the country.
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5649.9%
NayLost4348.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.4%