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House · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 87

House vote house-114-2-87

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: 2/25/2016

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 2/25/2016
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
87
Record identifier
house-114-2-87
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

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 = 237).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
18 members
George Butterfield
Democrat · NC-1
Vote: Not Voting
Paul Cook
Republican · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Cooper
Democrat · TN-5
Vote: Not Voting
John Delaney
Democrat · MD-6
Vote: Not Voting
Gene Green
Democrat · TX-29
Vote: Not Voting
Alcee Hastings
Democrat · FL-20
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Steny H. Hoyer
Democratic · MD-5
Vote: Not Voting
Robin L. Kelly
Democratic · IL-2
Vote: Not Voting
John Lewis
Democrat · GA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · NM
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Napolitano
Democrat · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Martha Roby
Republican · AL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez
Democrat · CA-46
Vote: Not Voting
Michael K. Simpson
Republican · ID-2
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Frederica S. Wilson
Democratic · FL-24
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 2/25/2016Roll call: house-114-2-87