House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 21
House vote house-114-2-21
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: 1/7/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 1/7/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
21
Record identifier
house-114-2-21
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What this vote does
On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1927) to amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness in class action litigation. 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
236 members
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Nay
176 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
Judy Chu
Democratic · CA-28
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Rodney Davis
Republican · IL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Rosa L. DeLauro
Democratic · CT-3
Vote: Not Voting
Eddie Johnson
Democrat · TX-30
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Kind
Democrat · WI-3
Vote: Not Voting
Steve King
Republican · IA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mia Love
Republican · UT-4
Vote: Not Voting
Candice Miller
Republican · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Edward Royce
Republican · CA-39
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Albio Sires
Democrat · NJ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Dina Titus
Democratic · NV-1
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Webster
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Lee Zeldin
Republican · NY-1
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 1/7/2016Roll call: house-114-2-21