Because the House has shown greater enthusiasm for the measure, it is likely a vote would succeed there.
"If the Senate wasn't willing to remove this program, it would not lead one to be optimistic that other votes would succeed."
This vote succeeded.
Still, the vote succeeded with a slim majority of only seven votes.
The results showed that the vote succeeded in reviving interest in the rebels' cause, but mainly among people who were already sympathetic.
Growers vote about whether to start a marketing program and, if the vote succeeds, all growers are required to participate.
But a number of conservative Democrats are expected to join the majority in adopting the bill should the vote on the rule succeed.
The vote succeeded with 44 votes for and 3 against.
To this day, no vote of no-confidence has succeeded in the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly, with the last attempt being made in November 1988.
The vote will not succeed in cutting aid already approved; it is regarded as a dress rehearsal for this fall's battle over future funding.