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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 98

House vote house-115-1-98

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

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

Date: 2/16/2017

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 2/16/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
98
Record identifier
house-115-1-98
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Passage Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska” No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.

Why this matters

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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 = 418).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 430
Not Voting list
12 members
Mark E. Amodei
Republican · NV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Joe Barton
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting
Karen Bass
Democrat · CA-37
Vote: Not Voting
Sanford D. Bishop
Democratic · GA-2
Vote: Not Voting
George Butterfield
Democrat · NC-1
Vote: Not Voting
Carlos Curbelo
Republican · FL-26
Vote: Not Voting
Pete Olson
Republican · TX-22
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Stewart
Republican · UT-2
Vote: Not Voting
Dave Trott
Republican · MI-11
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 2/16/2017Roll call: house-115-1-98