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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 709

House vote house-115-1-709

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

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

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
709
Record identifier
house-115-1-709
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Passage Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes 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 = 420).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 432
Not Voting list
12 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
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-115-1-709