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Senate vote: Cloture motion // March 15, 2023

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Laura Taylor-Kale to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

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

Won the vote · Yea

68 votes, representing 162,884,381 people62.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

26 votes, representing 62,290,752 people23.8%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 14.0% 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
YeaWon6862.2%
NayLost2623.8%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken014.0%