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Senate vote: Cloture motion // January 6, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture on Jovita Carranza, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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

Won the vote · Yea

86 votes, representing 206,231,693 people81.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

5 votes, representing 26,784,728 people10.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 7.8% 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
YeaWon8681.6%
NayLost510.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken07.8%