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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

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

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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WA-9
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Vote: Nay
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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
Nay list
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Nay
Ed Perlmutter
Democrat · CO-7
Vote: Nay
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Nay

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