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Senate vote: Cloture motion // June 16, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mary T. Boyle to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Won the vote · Yea

49 votes, representing 142,547,516 people54.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

47 votes, representing 110,954,967 people42.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.7% 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
YeaWon4954.7%
NayLost4742.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.7%