House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 605
House vote house-114-2-605
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
Date: 12/6/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 12/6/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
605
Record identifier
house-114-2-605
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.
What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all students should have access to the digital tools necessary to further their education and compete in the 21st century economy 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 415 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
18 members
Joe Barton
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Kathy Castor
Democratic · FL-14
Vote: Not Voting
Curtis Clawson
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
J. Forbes
Republican · VA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Israel
Democrat · NY-3
Vote: Not Voting
David Jolly
Republican · FL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Kirkpatrick
Democrat · AZ-1
Vote: Not Voting
Barbara Lee
Democrat · CA-13
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Candice Miller
Republican · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Robert Pittenger
Republican · NC-9
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 12/6/2016Roll call: house-114-2-605