House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 655
House vote house-114-1-655
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?On Motion to Instruct Conferees
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
655
Record identifier
house-114-1-655
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What this vote does
On Motion to Instruct Conferees Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Failed.
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Result
Official result: Failed
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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 425).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
8 members
Henry Cuellar
Democratic · TX-28
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
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
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-114-1-655