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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 273

House vote house-114-2-273

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: 6/8/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 6/8/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
273
Record identifier
house-114-2-273
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What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016; providing for consideration of H. Con. Res. 89, expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy; and providing for consideration of H. Con. Res. 112 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 = 393).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Present list
0 members
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Last updated: 6/8/2016Roll call: house-114-2-273