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Senate vote: Cloture motion // September 22, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lily Lawrence Batchelder to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

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

Won the vote · Yea

63 votes, representing 170,160,234 people66.0%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

35 votes, representing 72,142,506 people28.0%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
YeaWon6366.0%
NayLost3528.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.0%