Senate vote: Cloture motion // August 5, 2026

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture: Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Creator: Spoken For

51 votes, representing 117,907,890 peopleof U.S. adults

43 votes, representing 134,379,600 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.4% 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 5.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	51	44.2%
Nay	Lost	43	50.4%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	5.4%

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