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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 561

House vote house-114-2-561

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: 9/27/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/27/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
561
Record identifier
house-114-2-561
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. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016; providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules 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 not met
Computed as ≥ 281 Yea out of 421 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Not Voting list
10 members
Joyce Beatty
Democratic · OH-3
Vote: Not Voting
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Not Voting
Rubén Hinojosa
Democrat · TX-15
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
Jackie Speier
Democrat · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/27/2016Roll call: house-114-2-561