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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 23, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service

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

Won the vote · Yea

57 votes, representing 155,750,309 people60.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

43 votes, representing 102,123,838 people39.6%of U.S. adults
Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon5760.4%
NayLost4339.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.0%