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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 583

House vote house-114-2-583

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: 11/17/2016

Sources

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Vote date: 11/17/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
583
Record identifier
house-114-2-583
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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 = 237).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
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17 members
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat · OR-3
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Capps
Democrat · CA-24
Vote: Not Voting
Wm. Clay
Democrat · MO-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan Costello
Republican · PA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Not Voting
Keith Ellison
Democrat · MN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Fitzpatrick
Republican · PA-8
Vote: Not Voting
J. Forbes
Republican · VA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Hanna
Republican · NY-22
Vote: Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling
Republican · TX-5
Vote: Not Voting
David Jolly
Republican · FL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
John Kline
Republican · MN-2
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 11/17/2016Roll call: house-114-2-583