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Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 2, 2022

Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Patrick Coffey to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy

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

Won the vote · Yea

76 votes, representing 201,478,549 people77.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

18 votes, representing 45,502,660 people17.5%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
YeaWon7677.4%
NayLost1817.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.2%