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House · 116th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 699

House vote house-116-1-699

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

Whether the House should send the bill back for more changes

Official question: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

Date: 12/19/2019

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/19/2019
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 1
Roll number
699
Record identifier
house-116-1-699
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What this vote does

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities 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)
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 = 424).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 430
Not Voting list
Jahana Hayes
Democratic · CT-5
Vote: Not Voting
Duncan Hunter
Republican · CA-50
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Meadows
Republican · NC-11
Vote: Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler
Democratic · NY-12
Vote: Not Voting
José Serrano
Democrat · NY-15
Vote: Not Voting
John Shimkus
Republican · IL-15
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/19/2019Roll call: house-116-1-699