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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 27, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Janet Garvin McCabe to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 147,319,184 people57.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

42 votes, representing 95,075,491 people36.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.0% 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
YeaWon5257.1%
NayLost4236.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%