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Senate vote: Cloture motion // December 7, 2021

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Chris Magnus to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

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

Won the vote · Yea

52 votes, representing 148,296,286 people57.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 108,063,510 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.6% 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
YeaWon5257.5%
NayLost4741.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.6%