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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 616

House vote house-114-2-616

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
616
Record identifier
house-114-2-616
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 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 ≥ 270 Yea out of 404 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
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29 members
Corrine Brown
Democrat · FL-5
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James E. Clyburn
Democratic · SC-6
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Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Doyle
Democrat · PA-14
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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
Richard Nolan
Democrat · MN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Nugent
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Roskam
Republican · IL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat · CA-40
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Kurt Schrader
Democrat · OR-5
Vote: Not Voting
José Serrano
Democrat · NY-15
Vote: Not Voting
Kyrsten Sinema
Democrat · AZ-9
Vote: Not Voting
Christopher H. Smith
Republican · NJ-4
Vote: Not Voting
Lamar Smith
Republican · TX-21
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Stivers
Republican · OH-15
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick Tiberi
Republican · OH-12
Vote: Not Voting
Filemon Vela
Democrat · TX-34
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Nydia M. Velázquez
Democratic · NY-7
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Lynn Westmoreland
Republican · GA-3
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Last updated: 12/7/2016Roll call: house-114-2-616