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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 524

House vote house-114-2-524

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: 9/21/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/21/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
524
Record identifier
house-114-2-524
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of H.R. 3438, to Require Evaluation Before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015; and providing for consideration of H.R. 5719, the Empowering Employees Through Stock Ownership 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 met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 408).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
23 members
Rob Bishop
Republican · UT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Susan Brooks
Republican · IN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Capuano
Democrat · MA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Yvette D. Clarke
Democratic · NY-9
Vote: Not Voting
Charles Dent
Republican · PA-15
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-21
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Farr
Democrat · CA-20
Vote: Not Voting
John Garamendi
Democratic · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Brian Higgins
Democrat · NY-26
Vote: Not Voting
John B. Larson
Democratic · CT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Kenny Marchant
Republican · TX-24
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Meehan
Republican · PA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Gwen Moore
Democratic · WI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Randy Neugebauer
Republican · TX-19
Vote: Not Voting
Ed Perlmutter
Democrat · CO-7
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Linda T. Sánchez
Democratic · CA-38
Vote: Not Voting
Kurt Schrader
Democrat · OR-5
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/21/2016Roll call: house-114-2-524