House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 140
House vote house-114-2-140
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: 4/12/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 4/12/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
140
Record identifier
house-114-2-140
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What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016 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 ≥ 275 Yea out of 411 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
22 members
Jim Bridenstine
Republican · OK-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ken Buck
Republican · CO-4
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Crowley
Democrat · NY-14
Vote: Not Voting
Peter DeFazio
Democrat · OR-4
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-21
Vote: Not Voting
Donna Edwards
Democrat · MD-4
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Paul A. Gosar
Republican · AZ-9
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
John Katko
Republican · NY-24
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican · WY
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Meng
Democratic · NY-6
Vote: Not Voting
Stevan Pearce
Republican · NM-2
Vote: Not Voting
Collin Peterson
Democrat · MN-7
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 4/12/2016Roll call: house-114-2-140