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House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 653

House vote house-114-1-653

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

Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step

Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question

Date: 12/2/2015

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/2/2015
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
653
Record identifier
house-114-1-653
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for further consideration of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015; providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.

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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 = 420).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
13 members
Larry Bucshon
Republican · IN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
Henry Cuellar
Democratic · TX-28
Vote: Not Voting
Jared Huffman
Democratic · CA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler
Democratic · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
C. Ruppersberger
Democrat · MD-2
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Jackie Speier
Democrat · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Webster
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/2/2015Roll call: house-114-1-653