House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 46
House vote house-114-2-46
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: 2/1/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 2/1/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
46
Record identifier
house-114-2-46
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What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts 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)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 237 Yea out of 355 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Nay list
8 members
Michael Capuano
Democrat · MA-7
Vote: Nay
Katherine M. Clark
Democratic · MA-5
Vote: Nay
Stephen F. Lynch
Democratic · MA-8
Vote: Nay
James P. McGovern
Democratic · MA-2
Vote: Nay
Tim Ryan
Democrat · OH-13
Vote: Nay
John Sarbanes
Democrat · MD-3
Vote: Nay
F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · WI-5
Vote: Nay
Niki Tsongas
Democrat · MA-3
Vote: Nay
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Last updated: 2/1/2016Roll call: house-114-2-46