House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 157
House vote house-114-2-157
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Date: 4/19/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 4/19/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
157
Record identifier
house-114-2-157
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What this vote does
On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of H.R. 1206, the No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act; and providing for consideration of H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) 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)
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 = 412).
Vote breakdown
Yea
239 members
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Nay
173 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
21 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
21 members
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic · VA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat · OR-3
Vote: Not Voting
John Carney
Democrat · DE-0
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Collins
Republican · NY-27
Vote: Not Voting
Bob Dold
Republican · IL-10
Vote: Not Voting
Donna Edwards
Democrat · MD-4
Vote: Not Voting
Renee Ellmers
Republican · NC-2
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Scott Garrett
Republican · NJ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa
Democrat · TX-15
Vote: Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat · TX-18
Vote: Not Voting
Eddie Johnson
Democrat · TX-30
Vote: Not Voting
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democrat · NM-1
Vote: Not Voting
Carolyn Maloney
Democrat · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Meng
Democratic · NY-6
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Marlin A. Stutzman
Republican · IN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · MD
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 4/19/2016Roll call: house-114-2-157