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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 11, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Fitzgerald Kness to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois

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

Won the vote · Yea

82 votes, representing 186,797,560 people73.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

12 votes, representing 55,727,586 people22.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% 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
YeaWon8273.9%
NayLost1222.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%