House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 542
House vote house-114-2-542
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: 9/22/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 9/22/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
542
Record identifier
house-114-2-542
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. 5931, Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran 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 = 411).
Vote breakdown
Yea
236 members
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Nay
175 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
20 members
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Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
20 members
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic · OR-1
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican · GA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · NM
Vote: Not Voting
Gwen Moore
Democratic · WI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · CA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas Rooney
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Matt Salmon
Republican · AZ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Sherman
Democratic · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Scott Tipton
Republican · CO-3
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 9/22/2016Roll call: house-114-2-542