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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 248

House vote house-114-2-248

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

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

Date: 5/25/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 5/25/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
248
Record identifier
house-114-2-248
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Passage Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016 No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.

Why this matters

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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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 179).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
14 members
Tony Cárdenas
Democrat · CA-29
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Glenn Grothman
Republican · WI-6
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Hanna
Republican · NY-22
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Jenkins
Republican · KS-2
Vote: Not Voting
Alexander Mooney
Republican · WV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Beto O’Rourke
Democrat · TX-16
Vote: Not Voting
Kathleen Rice
Democrat · NY-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
John Yarmuth
Democrat · KY-3
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 5/25/2016Roll call: house-114-2-248