House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 55
House vote house-115-1-55
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step
Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question
Date: 1/13/2017
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 1/13/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
55
Record identifier
house-115-1-55
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What this vote does
On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of S.Con.Res 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and for other purposes; and S. 84, to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within 7 years of relief from active duty 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)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 413).
Vote breakdown
Yea
234 members
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Nay
179 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
21 members
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Total recorded votes: 434
Not Voting list
21 members
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Charlie Crist
Democrat · FL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Crowley
Democrat · NY-14
Vote: Not Voting
Dwight Evans
Democratic · PA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Jared Huffman
Democratic · CA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson
Democratic · GA-4
Vote: Not Voting
William R. Keating
Democratic · MA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Gwen Moore
Democratic · WI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · CA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Pompeo
Republican · KS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Price
Republican · GA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
John H. Rutherford
Republican · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas R. Suozzi
Democratic · NY-3
Vote: Not Voting
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · FL-25
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
Don Young
Republican · AK-0
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 1/13/2017Roll call: house-115-1-55