Senate vote: Cloture motion // July 28, 2025

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense
Creator: Spoken For

50 votes, representing 116,536,668 peopleof U.S. adults

45 votes, representing 140,407,406 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 6.3 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	50	43.7%
Nay	Lost	45	52.7%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	3.6%

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