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Senate vote: Cloture motion // May 10, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy

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

Won the vote · Yea

53 votes, representing 151,181,735 people58.1%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

45 votes, representing 108,740,112 people41.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 0.2% 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
YeaWon5358.1%
NayLost4541.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken00.2%