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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 591

House vote house-114-2-591

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

Date: 11/30/2016

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Vote date: 11/30/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
591
Record identifier
house-114-2-591
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to provide information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces about articulation agreements between institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes 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 met
Computed as ≥ 277 Yea out of 414 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
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20 members
Lou Barletta
Republican · PA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Curtis Clawson
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw
Republican · FL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Farr
Democrat · CA-20
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
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
Jim McDermott
Democrat · WA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nolan
Democrat · MN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
James Renacci
Republican · OH-16
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · MD
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 11/30/2016Roll call: house-114-2-591