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Senate roll call 251 · 113th Congress · Dec 10, 2013

Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years

On Dec 10, 2013, the Senate voted 57–40 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 408). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 53–0, Republicans 2–40, Independents 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 members voted against their own party.

During the 113th Congress (2013–2014), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.

Result

Cloture Motion Agreed to

Yes

57

No

40

Did not vote

8

Date

Dec 10, 2013

From Voteview roll call records.