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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 79

House vote house-115-1-79

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

Date: 2/6/2017

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 2/6/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
79
Record identifier
house-115-1-79
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Bolts Ditch Access and Use 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 ≥ 274 Yea out of 410 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 432
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22 members
Kevin Brady
Republican · TX-8
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Elijah Cummings
Democrat · MD-7
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Suzan K. DelBene
Democratic · WA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Theodore Deutch
Democrat · FL-22
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · SC-3
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Keith Ellison
Democrat · MN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-3
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Hakeem S. Jeffries
Democratic · NY-8
Vote: Not Voting
Derek Kilmer
Democrat · WA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen F. Lynch
Democratic · MA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Poe
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Price
Republican · GA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · CA-48
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Pete Sessions
Republican · TX-17
Vote: Not Voting
Albio Sires
Democrat · NJ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Smith
Democratic · WA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
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Last updated: 2/6/2017Roll call: house-115-1-79