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House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 688

House vote house-114-1-688

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

Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair

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
688
Record identifier
house-114-1-688
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What this vote does

Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair 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 = 415).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
18 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
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
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
Charles Rangel
Democrat · NY-13
Vote: Not Voting
Kathleen Rice
Democrat · NY-4
Vote: Not Voting
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
Democratic · VA-3
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-114-1-688