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House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 557

House vote house-114-1-557

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

Date: 10/21/2015

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 10/21/2015
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
557
Record identifier
house-114-1-557
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Passage Default Prevention Act No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.

Why this matters

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Result

Official result: Passed
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 429).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
Not Voting list
5 members
Rob Bishop
Republican · UT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Robin L. Kelly
Democratic · IL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Roskam
Republican · IL-6
Vote: Not Voting

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Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
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Last updated: 10/21/2015Roll call: house-114-1-557