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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 43

House vote house-114-2-43

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: 1/12/2016

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
43
Record identifier
house-114-2-43
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016 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 ≥ 281 Yea out of 420 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
13 members
John Conyers
Democrat · MI-13
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Duncan
Republican · SC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Christopher Gibson
Republican · NY-19
Vote: Not Voting
Vicky Hartzler
Republican · MO-4
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
John Shimkus
Republican · IL-15
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Jackie Speier
Democrat · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Eric Swalwell
Democratic · CA-14
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-114-2-43