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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 615

House vote house-114-2-615

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: 12/7/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/7/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
615
Record identifier
house-114-2-615
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act 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 ≥ 275 Yea out of 412 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Yea
405 members
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Nay
7 members
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Present
0 members
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21 members
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Total recorded votes: 433
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21 members
David Brat
Republican · VA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
James E. Clyburn
Democratic · SC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Doyle
Democrat · PA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen Fincher
Republican · TN-8
Vote: Not Voting
J. Forbes
Republican · VA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sam Graves
Republican · MO-6
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
Jim McDermott
Democrat · WA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Candice Miller
Republican · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Roskam
Republican · IL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
José Serrano
Democrat · NY-15
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/7/2016Roll call: house-114-2-615