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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
Not Voting list
26 members
Rick W. Allen
Republican · GA-12
Vote: Not Voting
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Doug Collins
Republican · GA-9
Vote: Not Voting
John Conyers
Democrat · MI-13
Vote: Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw
Republican · FL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Fitzpatrick
Republican · PA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa
Democrat · TX-15
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Huelskamp
Republican · KS-1
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Huizenga
Republican · MI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat · TX-18
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
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
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Austin Scott
Republican · GA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Thompson
Democratic · CA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting

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