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Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 13, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael S. Barr, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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

Won the vote · Yea

66 votes, representing 174,230,719 people66.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

28 votes, representing 69,734,854 people26.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.3% 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
YeaWon6666.9%
NayLost2826.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.3%