Senate · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 267
Senate vote senate-116-2-267
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the Senate should end debate and move forward
Official question: On the Cloture Motion
Date: 12/15/2020
Sources
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Vote date: 12/15/2020
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
267
Record identifier
senate-116-2-267
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What this vote does
On the Cloture Motion No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Cloture Motion Agreed to.
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Result
Official result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Required threshold (best-effort)
Three-fifths (typically of the full chamber)
Note: The Senate often requires 3/5 of all Senators duly chosen and sworn for cloture. The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears not met
Approximate: computed as ≥ 58 Yea out of 95 voting (3/5 of those voting). Official cloture thresholds may differ.
Vote breakdown
Yea
48 members
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Nay
your rep47 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
5 members
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Total recorded votes: 100
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Last updated: 12/15/2020Roll call: senate-116-2-267