House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 656
House vote house-114-1-656
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a proposed change
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
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
656
Record identifier
house-114-1-656
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What this vote does
On Agreeing to the Amendment No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Agreed to.
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Result
Official result: Agreed to
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 = 177).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
10 members
Pete Aguilar
Democratic · CA-33
Vote: Not Voting
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
Elise M. Stefanik
Republican · NY-21
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-114-1-656