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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 10, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrea Joan Palm to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services

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

Won the vote · Yea

62 votes, representing 172,721,431 people67.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

35 votes, representing 76,154,312 people29.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.5% 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
YeaWon6267.0%
NayLost3529.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.5%