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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 173

House vote house-114-2-173

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: 4/28/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 4/28/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
173
Record identifier
house-114-2-173
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of H.R. 4901, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act; and providing for consideration of H. J. Res. 88, disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term “Fiduciary” 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 = 413).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
20 members
Rob Bishop
Republican · UT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Diane Black
Republican · TN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Collins
Republican · NY-27
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Rodney Davis
Republican · IL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Fitzpatrick
Republican · PA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Hanna
Republican · NY-22
Vote: Not Voting
Darrell Issa
Republican · CA-48
Vote: Not Voting
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Democratic · NY-8
Vote: Not Voting
Tom MacArthur
Republican · NJ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Keith Rothfus
Republican · PA-12
Vote: Not Voting
David Scott
Democratic · GA-13
Vote: Not Voting
Marlin A. Stutzman
Republican · IN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Norma J. Torres
Democratic · CA-35
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · MD
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Ed Whitfield
Republican · KY-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 4/28/2016Roll call: house-114-2-173