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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 499

House vote house-114-2-499

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Voting on a resolution

Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution

Date: 9/13/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/13/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
499
Record identifier
house-114-2-499
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Agreeing to the Resolution Providing for consideration of H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization 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)
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 = 410).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
21 members
Robert Brady
Democrat · PA-1
Vote: Not Voting
David Cicilline
Democrat · RI-1
Vote: Not Voting
Scott DesJarlais
Republican · TN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Frank Guinta
Republican · NH-1
Vote: Not Voting
Brett Guthrie
Republican · KY-2
Vote: Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa
Democrat · TX-15
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Israel
Democrat · NY-3
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · NM
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Meng
Democratic · NY-6
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · CA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Pompeo
Republican · KS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Adam B. Schiff
Democratic · CA
Vote: Not Voting
Terri A. Sewell
Democratic · AL-7
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/13/2016Roll call: house-114-2-499