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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 34

House vote house-114-2-34

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: 1/11/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 1/11/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
34
Record identifier
house-114-2-34
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act 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 ≥ 276 Yea out of 413 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
20 members
Xavier Becerra
Democrat · CA-34
Vote: Not Voting
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA-41
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Capps
Democrat · CA-24
Vote: Not Voting
John Carney
Democrat · DE-0
Vote: Not Voting
James E. Clyburn
Democratic · SC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin Cramer
Republican · ND
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Duncan
Republican · SC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Garret Graves
Republican · LA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Honda
Democrat · CA-17
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Kind
Democrat · WI-3
Vote: Not Voting
Michael T. McCaul
Republican · TX-10
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
José Serrano
Democrat · NY-15
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Webster
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 1/11/2016Roll call: house-114-2-34