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Senate vote: Cloture motion // August 3, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mark Wesley Menezes to be Deputy Secretary of Energy

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

Won the vote · Yea

78 votes, representing 186,030,038 people73.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

14 votes, representing 49,953,202 people19.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.6% 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
YeaWon7873.6%
NayLost1419.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.6%