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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 580

House vote house-114-2-580

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

Voting on a resolution

Official question: On Agreeing to the Resolution

Date: 11/16/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 11/16/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
580
Record identifier
house-114-2-580
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What this vote does

On Agreeing to the Resolution Consideration of the bill (H.R. 5711) to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commerical passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran; consideration of (H.R. 5982) Midnight Rules Relief 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 = 412).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
Present list
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Last updated: 11/16/2016Roll call: house-114-2-580