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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 20, 2020

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John F. Heil III to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

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

Won the vote · Yea

76 votes, representing 177,002,442 people70.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

16 votes, representing 62,219,524 people24.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.3% 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
YeaWon7670.0%
NayLost1624.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.3%