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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 2, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott A. Nathan to be Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

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

Won the vote · Yea

68 votes, representing 184,174,618 people70.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

26 votes, representing 62,806,591 people24.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.2% 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
YeaWon6870.7%
NayLost2624.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%