House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 553
House vote house-114-2-553
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a proposed change
Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
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
553
Record identifier
house-114-2-553
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What this vote does
On Agreeing to the Amendment No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Failed.
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Result
Official result: Failed
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 = 238).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
17 members
Lou Barletta
Republican · PA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican · GA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Rodney Davis
Republican · IL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Farr
Democrat · CA-20
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
Gwen Moore
Democratic · WI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Donald Payne
Democrat · NJ-10
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · CA-11
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
Bill Shuster
Republican · PA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Filemon Vela
Democrat · TX-34
Vote: Not Voting
Mimi Walters
Republican · CA-45
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 9/22/2016Roll call: house-114-2-553