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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 1, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture Joshua Wolson to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

Won the vote · Yea

64 votes, representing 134,734,686 people52.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

35 votes, representing 117,376,805 people46.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.0% 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
YeaWon6452.9%
NayLost3546.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.0%