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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 562

House vote house-114-2-562

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

Voting on a resolution

Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution

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
562
Record identifier
house-114-2-562
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What this vote does

On Agreeing to the Resolution 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 ≥ 121 Yea out of 180 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
Yea list
0 members
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Last updated: 9/27/2016Roll call: house-114-2-562