House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 229
House vote house-114-2-229
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Date: 5/23/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 5/23/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
229
Record identifier
house-114-2-229
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What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Kelsey Smith Act No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Failed.
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Result
Official result: Failed
Required threshold (best-effort)
Two-thirds (of those voting)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears not met
Computed as ≥ 259 Yea out of 387 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Yea
229 members
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Nay
158 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
46 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
46 members
Rick W. Allen
Republican · GA-12
Vote: Not Voting
Joe Barton
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Joyce Beatty
Democratic · OH-3
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Bridenstine
Republican · OK-1
Vote: Not Voting
Tony Cárdenas
Democrat · CA-29
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
David Cicilline
Democrat · RI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Cole
Republican · OK-4
Vote: Not Voting
Doug Collins
Republican · GA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Carlos Curbelo
Republican · FL-26
Vote: Not Voting
Susan Davis
Democrat · CA-53
Vote: Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · TX-37
Vote: Not Voting
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Not Voting
Keith Ellison
Democrat · MN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Eliot Engel
Democrat · NY-16
Vote: Not Voting
Elizabeth Esty
Democrat · CT-5
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Louie Gohmert
Republican · TX-1
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Al Green
Democratic · TX-9
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Huelskamp
Republican · KS-1
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Huizenga
Republican · MI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Duncan Hunter
Republican · CA-50
Vote: Not Voting
Robert Hurt
Republican · VA-5
Vote: Not Voting
John Lewis
Democrat · GA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Carolyn Maloney
Democrat · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
Kenny Marchant
Republican · TX-24
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Candice Miller
Republican · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Beto O’Rourke
Democrat · TX-16
Vote: Not Voting
Scott H. Peters
Democratic · CA-50
Vote: Not Voting
Charles Rangel
Democrat · NY-13
Vote: Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · CA-48
Vote: Not Voting
Matt Salmon
Republican · AZ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Albio Sires
Democrat · NJ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Juan Vargas
Democratic · CA-52
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Visclosky
Democrat · IN-1
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 5/23/2016Roll call: house-114-2-229