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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 16, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Isabella Casillas Guzman to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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

Won the vote · Yea

80 votes, representing 204,259,567 people79.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

18 votes, representing 52,822,266 people20.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.3% 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
YeaWon8079.2%
NayLost1820.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.3%