House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 589
House vote house-114-2-589
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules
Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Date: 11/29/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 11/29/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
589
Record identifier
house-114-2-589
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.
Your district
Highlighted members based on your link parameters.
TX-33
Tip: Share a link like ?state=CA&district=12 or ?highlight=A000360.
What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligiblity for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteries No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.
Why this matters
- This is an official, on-the-record vote — it’s what members actually did, not a quote or a headline.
- Roll-call questions are often procedural. We surface the underlying context so you can follow the legislative steps.
- Some roll calls are about procedures or motions that don’t reference a bill directly in the data feed — they can still shape what happens next.
- Tip: The official roll-call question text is usually the best clue to what rule or step was in play.
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 met
Computed as ≥ 268 Yea out of 401 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Yea
401 members
View list
Nay
0 members
View list
Present
0 members
View list
Not Voting
your rep33 members
View list
Total recorded votes: 434
Not Voting list
Jump to my vote
33 members
Lou Barletta
Republican · PA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic · VA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Curtis Clawson
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
John Conyers
Democrat · MI-13
Vote: Not Voting
Eliot Engel
Democrat · NY-16
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Fitzpatrick
Republican · PA-8
Vote: Not Voting
J. Forbes
Republican · VA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Frank Guinta
Republican · NH-1
Vote: Not Voting
Janice Hahn
Democrat · CA-44
Vote: Not Voting
Robert Hurt
Republican · VA-5
Vote: Not Voting
David Jolly
Republican · FL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Walter Jones
Republican · NC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Michael T. McCaul
Republican · TX-10
Vote: Not Voting
Candice Miller
Republican · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
James Renacci
Republican · OH-16
Vote: Not Voting
David Roe
Republican · TN-1
Vote: Not Voting
Tim Ryan
Democrat · OH-13
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Marlin A. Stutzman
Republican · IN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Dina Titus
Democratic · NV-1
Vote: Not Voting
Dave Trott
Republican · MI-11
Vote: Not Voting
Marc A. Veasey
Democratic · TX-33
Vote: Not Voting
Filemon Vela
Democrat · TX-34
Vote: Not Voting
Randy K. Sr. Weber
Republican · TX-14
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting
About this data
Non-partisan by design
OurCongress provides plain-English context without endorsements, political interpretation, or advocacy.
AI-generated text
“What this vote does” and “Why this matters” may be AI-generated summaries to improve readability. Verify with the official record.
Last updated: 11/29/2016Roll call: house-114-2-589