House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 687
House vote house-114-1-687
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Date: 12/10/2015
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 12/10/2015
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
687
Record identifier
house-114-1-687
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What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 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)
Two-thirds (of those voting)
Note: Some votes require 2/3 under chamber rules (e.g., suspension, overrides). The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 278 Yea out of 416 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
17 members
Pete Aguilar
Democratic · CA-33
Vote: Not Voting
Brendan F. Boyle
Democratic · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
David Cicilline
Democrat · RI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Emmer
Republican · MN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Eliot Engel
Democrat · NY-16
Vote: Not Voting
Alan Grayson
Democrat · FL-9
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Kildee
Democrat · MI-5
Vote: Not Voting
James P. McGovern
Democratic · MA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Meadows
Republican · NC-11
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nolan
Democrat · MN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Jared Polis
Democrat · CO-2
Vote: Not Voting
Charles Rangel
Democrat · NY-13
Vote: Not Voting
Kathleen Rice
Democrat · NY-4
Vote: Not Voting
Pete Sessions
Republican · TX-17
Vote: Not Voting
Kyrsten Sinema
Democrat · AZ-9
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 12/10/2015Roll call: house-114-1-687