Senate Roll Call Vote #00173

On the Cloture Motion: Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2673; An original bill to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight, and for other purposes.
Result: Agreed to (91-2, 7 members not voting, 3/5 threshold)
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