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Senate vote: Cloture motion // April 28, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Samantha Power to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

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

Won the vote · Yea

67 votes, representing 181,682,465 people70.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

28 votes, representing 68,819,732 people26.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.9% 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
YeaWon6770.5%
NayLost2826.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.9%