House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 40
House vote house-114-2-40
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: 1/12/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 1/12/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
40
Record identifier
house-114-2-40
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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 = 235).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
8 members
Brad Ashford
Democrat · NE-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Duncan
Republican · SC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Kind
Democrat · WI-3
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
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: 1/12/2016Roll call: house-114-2-40