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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 544

House vote house-114-2-544

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

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

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
544
Record identifier
house-114-2-544
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Passage 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 = 411).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
20 members
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
Garret Graves
Republican · LA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Meadows
Republican · NC-11
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
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Christopher H. Smith
Republican · NJ-4
Vote: Not Voting
Marlin A. Stutzman
Republican · IN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Walker
Republican · NC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/22/2016Roll call: house-114-2-544