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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 87

House vote house-115-1-87

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: 2/13/2017

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 2/13/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
87
Record identifier
house-115-1-87
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass BRAVE 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 ≥ 272 Yea out of 407 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
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24 members
Brendan F. Boyle
Democratic · PA-2
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Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
John Delaney
Democrat · MD-6
Vote: Not Voting
John Duncan
Republican · TN-2
Vote: Not Voting
Keith Ellison
Democrat · MN-5
Vote: Not Voting
John Faso
Republican · NY-19
Vote: Not Voting
Ruben Gallego
Democratic · AZ
Vote: Not Voting
John Garamendi
Democratic · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez
Democrat · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Lynn Jenkins
Republican · KS-2
Vote: Not Voting
Doug LaMalfa
Republican · CA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Michael T. McCaul
Republican · TX-10
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Luke Messer
Republican · IN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Gwen Moore
Democratic · WI-4
Vote: Not Voting
Seth Moulton
Democratic · MA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Chellie Pingree
Democratic · ME-1
Vote: Not Voting
John Ratcliffe
Republican · TX-4
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Shuster
Republican · PA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting
Peter Welch
Democratic · VT
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 2/13/2017Roll call: house-115-1-87