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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 7, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kimberly A. Reed to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

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

Won the vote · Yea

82 votes, representing 209,026,051 people82.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

17 votes, representing 45,391,942 people17.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.1% 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
YeaWon8282.1%
NayLost1717.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.1%