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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 494

House vote house-114-2-494

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: 9/9/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/9/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
494
Record identifier
house-114-2-494
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Investment Advisers Modernization 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 = 408).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
23 members
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Gerald Connolly
Democrat · VA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Scott DesJarlais
Republican · TN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Doyle
Democrat · PA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Louie Gohmert
Republican · TX-1
Vote: Not Voting
Frank Guinta
Republican · NH-1
Vote: Not Voting
Alcee Hastings
Democrat · FL-20
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen F. Lynch
Democratic · MA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Miller
Republican · FL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Randy Neugebauer
Republican · TX-19
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
Dennis Ross
Republican · FL-15
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Russell
Republican · OK-5
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Ryan
Democrat · OH-13
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Eric Swalwell
Democratic · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/9/2016Roll call: house-114-2-494