House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 279
House vote house-114-2-279
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a proposed change
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
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
279
Record identifier
house-114-2-279
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What this vote does
On Agreeing to the Amendment 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)
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 = 251).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
22 members
Diane Black
Republican · TN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Tony Cárdenas
Democrat · CA-29
Vote: Not Voting
Sean Duffy
Republican · WI-7
Vote: Not Voting
Renee Ellmers
Republican · NC-2
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Farr
Democrat · CA-20
Vote: Not Voting
Chaka Fattah
Democrat · PA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Trent Franks
Republican · AZ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Janice Hahn
Democrat · CA-44
Vote: Not Voting
Cresent Hardy
Republican · NV-4
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Democratic · NY-8
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler
Democratic · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Linda T. Sánchez
Democratic · CA-38
Vote: Not Voting
Albio Sires
Democrat · NJ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Takai
Democrat · HI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 6/8/2016Roll call: house-114-2-279