House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 487
House vote house-114-2-487
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes
Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
Date: 9/7/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 9/7/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
487
Record identifier
house-114-2-487
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What this vote does
On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 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 = 234).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
16 members
Charles Boustany
Republican · LA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Curtis Clawson
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
Scott DesJarlais
Republican · TN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Not Voting
Trent Franks
Republican · AZ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
David Reichert
Republican · WA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Todd Rokita
Republican · IN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Dennis Ross
Republican · FL-15
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Kyrsten Sinema
Democrat · AZ-9
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 9/7/2016Roll call: house-114-2-487