House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 45
House vote house-114-2-45
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Final passage vote
Official question: On Passage
Date: 1/13/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 1/13/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
45
Record identifier
house-114-2-45
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.
What this vote does
On Passage Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Federal Water Pollution Control 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)
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 = 419).
Vote breakdown
Yea
253 members
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Nay
166 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
14 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
14 members
Brad Ashford
Democrat · NE-2
Vote: Not Voting
Sanford D. Bishop
Democratic · GA-2
Vote: Not Voting
John Conyers
Democrat · MI-13
Vote: Not Voting
Debbie Dingell
Democratic · MI-6
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Knight
Republican · CA-25
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Doris O. Matsui
Democratic · CA-7
Vote: Not Voting
James P. McGovern
Democratic · MA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Richard E. Neal
Democratic · MA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 1/13/2016Roll call: house-114-2-45