House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 59
House vote house-114-2-59
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: 2/3/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 2/3/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
59
Record identifier
house-114-2-59
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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 = 248).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
12 members
Donald S. Beyer
Democratic · VA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-21
Vote: Not Voting
Bob Goodlatte
Republican · VA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
James A. Himes
Democratic · CT-4
Vote: Not Voting
Steve King
Republican · IA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Gary J. Palmer
Republican · AL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Stivers
Republican · OH-15
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 2/3/2016Roll call: house-114-2-59