House · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 704
House vote house-114-1-704
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?On Approving the Journal
Date: 12/17/2015
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 12/17/2015
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
704
Record identifier
house-114-1-704
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What this vote does
On Approving the Journal 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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 155).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
42 members
Brendan F. Boyle
Democratic · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Bradley Byrne
Republican · AL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Jason Chaffetz
Republican · UT-3
Vote: Not Voting
Judy Chu
Democratic · CA-28
Vote: Not Voting
Wm. Clay
Democrat · MO-1
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Collins
Republican · NY-27
Vote: Not Voting
Joe Courtney
Democratic · CT-2
Vote: Not Voting
Henry Cuellar
Democratic · TX-28
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Denham
Republican · CA-10
Vote: Not Voting
Ron DeSantis
Republican · FL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-21
Vote: Not Voting
Trent Franks
Republican · AZ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Scott Garrett
Republican · NJ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Bob Gibbs
Republican · OH-7
Vote: Not Voting
Louie Gohmert
Republican · TX-1
Vote: Not Voting
Paul A. Gosar
Republican · AZ-9
Vote: Not Voting
Trey Gowdy
Republican · SC-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Andy Harris
Republican · MD-1
Vote: Not Voting
Alcee Hastings
Democrat · FL-20
Vote: Not Voting
Robert Hurt
Republican · VA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat · TX-18
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Johnson
Republican · OH-6
Vote: Not Voting
David P. Joyce
Republican · OH-14
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Kildee
Democrat · MI-5
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Labrador
Republican · ID-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democrat · NM-1
Vote: Not Voting
Doris O. Matsui
Democratic · CA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler
Democratic · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Pascrell
Democrat · NJ-9
Vote: Not Voting
Stevan Pearce
Republican · NM-2
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Pitts
Republican · PA-16
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Quigley
Democratic · IL-5
Vote: Not Voting
John Sarbanes
Democrat · MD-3
Vote: Not Voting
Albio Sires
Democrat · NJ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Wagner
Republican · MO-2
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Wenstrup
Republican · OH-2
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 12/17/2015Roll call: house-114-1-704