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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 235

House vote house-114-2-235

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: 5/24/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 5/24/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
235
Record identifier
house-114-2-235
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 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)
Two-thirds (of those voting)
Note: Some votes require 2/3 under chamber rules (e.g., suspension, overrides). The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 271 Yea out of 406 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Nay list
35 members
Justin Amash
Republican · MI-3
Vote: Nay
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat · OR-3
Vote: Nay
Michael Capuano
Democrat · MA-7
Vote: Nay
Katherine M. Clark
Democratic · MA-5
Vote: Nay
Yvette D. Clarke
Democratic · NY-9
Vote: Nay
Peter DeFazio
Democrat · OR-4
Vote: Nay
Suzan K. DelBene
Democratic · WA-1
Vote: Nay
Michael Doyle
Democrat · PA-14
Vote: Nay
John Duncan
Republican · TN-2
Vote: Nay
Keith Ellison
Democrat · MN-5
Vote: Nay
Sam Farr
Democrat · CA-20
Vote: Nay
Tulsi Gabbard
Democrat · HI-2
Vote: Nay
Christopher Gibson
Republican · NY-19
Vote: Nay
Louie Gohmert
Republican · TX-1
Vote: Nay
Paul A. Gosar
Republican · AZ-9
Vote: Nay
Alan Grayson
Democrat · FL-9
Vote: Nay
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Nay
Michael Honda
Democrat · CA-17
Vote: Nay
Walter Jones
Republican · NC-3
Vote: Nay
Raúl Labrador
Republican · ID-1
Vote: Nay
Barbara Lee
Democrat · CA-13
Vote: Nay
John Lewis
Democrat · GA-5
Vote: Nay
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Nay
Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · CA-18
Vote: Nay
Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican · WY
Vote: Nay
Thomas Massie
Republican · KY-4
Vote: Nay
Jim McDermott
Democrat · WA-7
Vote: Nay
James P. McGovern
Democratic · MA-2
Vote: Nay
Mark Pocan
Democratic · WI-2
Vote: Nay
Jared Polis
Democrat · CO-2
Vote: Nay
Bill Posey
Republican · FL-8
Vote: Nay
Janice D. Schakowsky
Democratic · IL-9
Vote: Nay
F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · WI-5
Vote: Nay
Mark Takano
Democratic · CA-39
Vote: Nay
Peter Welch
Democratic · VT
Vote: Nay

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Last updated: 5/24/2016Roll call: house-114-2-235