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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 708

House vote house-115-1-708

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Voting on a proposed change

Official question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment

Date: 12/21/2017

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/21/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
708
Record identifier
house-115-1-708
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What this vote does

On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017 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 = 419).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 432
Not Voting list
13 members
Jim Bridenstine
Republican · OK-1
Vote: Not Voting
Mo Brooks
Republican · AL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Foster
Democratic · IL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Gene Green
Democrat · TX-29
Vote: Not Voting
Walter Jones
Republican · NC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy
Democrat · MA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Napolitano
Democrat · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Pocan
Democratic · WI-2
Vote: Not Voting
James Renacci
Republican · OH-16
Vote: Not Voting
Lamar Smith
Republican · TX-21
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas R. Suozzi
Democratic · NY-3
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/21/2017Roll call: house-115-1-708