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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 206

House vote house-114-2-206

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair

Date: 5/18/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 5/18/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
206
Record identifier
house-114-2-206
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, to strengthen public health activities in response to the Zika virus, and for other purposes 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 = 423).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
10 members
Joseph Crowley
Democrat · NY-14
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa
Democrat · TX-15
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Reed
Republican · NY-23
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas Rooney
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
Matt Salmon
Republican · AZ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Eric Swalwell
Democratic · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 5/18/2016Roll call: house-114-2-206