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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 551

House vote house-114-2-551

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

Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules

Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

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
551
Record identifier
house-114-2-551
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended District of Columbia Judicial Financial Transparency 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)
Two-thirds (of those voting)
Note: Some votes require 2/3 under chamber rules (e.g., suspension, overrides). The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 277 Yea out of 414 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
17 members
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic · VA-8
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
Robin L. Kelly
Democratic · IL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Lieu
Democratic · CA-36
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
David Price
Democrat · NC-4
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
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/22/2016Roll call: house-114-2-551