House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 162
House vote house-114-2-162
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Final passage vote
Official question: On Passage
Date: 4/21/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 4/21/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
162
Record identifier
house-114-2-162
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What this vote does
On Passage To impose a ban on the payment of bonuses to employees of the Internal Revenue Service until the Secretary of the Treasury develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy 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 = 418).
Vote breakdown
Yea
260 members
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Nay
158 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
15 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
15 members
Mark E. Amodei
Republican · NV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic · VA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw
Republican · FL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Denham
Republican · CA-10
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
Alan Grayson
Democrat · FL-9
Vote: Not Voting
Duncan Hunter
Republican · CA-50
Vote: Not Voting
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democrat · NM-1
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Pompeo
Republican · KS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Terri A. Sewell
Democratic · AL-7
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Lamar Smith
Republican · TX-21
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · MD
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 4/21/2016Roll call: house-114-2-162