House · 115th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 479
House vote house-115-2-479
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: 12/21/2018
Sources
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Vote date: 12/21/2018
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 2
Roll number
479
Record identifier
house-115-2-479
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MD-1
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What this vote does
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the “Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office” 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)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 255 Yea out of 381 voting (2/3 of those voting).
Vote breakdown
Yea
375 members
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Nay
your rep6 members
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Present
2 members
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Not Voting
49 members
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Total recorded votes: 432
Nay list
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6 members
Andy Harris
Republican · MD-1
Vote: Nay
Jody Hice
Republican · GA-10
Vote: Nay
Mike Johnson
Republican · LA-4
Vote: Nay
Thomas Massie
Republican · KY-4
Vote: Nay
Keith Rothfus
Republican · PA-12
Vote: Nay
Ted Yoho
Republican · FL-3
Vote: Nay
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Last updated: 12/21/2018Roll call: house-115-2-479