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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 505

House vote house-114-2-505

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

Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step

Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question

Date: 9/14/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/14/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
505
Record identifier
house-114-2-505
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5351) to prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5226) Regulatory Integrity 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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 172).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
27 members
Lou Barletta
Republican · PA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Rob Bishop
Republican · UT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Sanford D. Bishop
Democratic · GA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin Brady
Republican · TX-8
Vote: Not Voting
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
Republican · AR-1
Vote: Not Voting
Scott DesJarlais
Republican · TN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-21
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Louie Gohmert
Republican · TX-1
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Frank Guinta
Republican · NH-1
Vote: Not Voting
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Democratic · NY-8
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Johnson
Republican · TX-3
Vote: Not Voting
Darin LaHood
Republican · IL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · CA-18
Vote: Not Voting
Jim McDermott
Democrat · WA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Murphy
Republican · PA-18
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Norcross
Democratic · NJ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
David Price
Democrat · NC-4
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Ryan
Democrat · OH-13
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Visclosky
Democrat · IN-1
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Welch
Democratic · VT
Vote: Not Voting
Todd Young
Republican · IN
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/14/2016Roll call: house-114-2-505