House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 128
House vote house-114-2-128
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a resolution
Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Date: 3/17/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 3/17/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
128
Record identifier
house-114-2-128
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.
What this vote does
On Agreeing to the Resolution Providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 639) authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., No. 15-674 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 = 414).
Vote breakdown
Yea
234 members
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Nay
180 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
19 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
19 members
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Barbara Comstock
Republican · VA-10
Vote: Not Voting
Ron DeSantis
Republican · FL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Jordan
Republican · OH-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Quigley
Democratic · IL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas Rooney
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Scalise
Republican · LA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Sherman
Democratic · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Marlin A. Stutzman
Republican · IN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Todd Young
Republican · IN
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 3/17/2016Roll call: house-114-2-128