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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 7, 2019

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Judith DelZoppo Pryor to be a Member, Export-Import Bank of the United States

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

Won the vote · Yea

79 votes, representing 203,545,146 people79.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

19 votes, representing 47,400,764 people18.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.5% 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
YeaWon7979.9%
NayLost1918.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken01.5%