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House · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 179

House vote house-116-2-179

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

Whether the House should end debate and move to the next step

Official question: On Ordering the Previous Question

Date: 8/22/2020

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 8/22/2020
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
179
Record identifier
house-116-2-179
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What this vote does

On Ordering the Previous Question Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8015) to maintain prompt and reliable postal services during the COVID-19 health emergency, and for other purposes. 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 = 592).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 624
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32 members
Robert B. Aderholt
Republican · AL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mark E. Amodei
Republican · NV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Banks
Republican · IN
Vote: Not Voting
Josh Brecheen
Republican · OK-2
Vote: Not Voting
Susan Brooks
Republican · IN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Doug Collins
Republican · GA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Paul Cook
Republican · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Scott DesJarlais
Republican · TN-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican · FL-26
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Flores
Republican · TX-17
Vote: Not Voting
Tulsi Gabbard
Democrat · HI-2
Vote: Not Voting
Kay Granger
Republican · TX-12
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Graves
Republican · GA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Marjorie Greene
Republican · GA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Clay Higgins
Republican · LA-3
Vote: Not Voting
George Holding
Republican · NC-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jonathan L. Jackson
Democratic · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Johnson
Republican · LA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Kelly
Republican · PA-16
Vote: Not Voting
Steve King
Republican · IA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Kenny Marchant
Republican · TX-24
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick McHenry
Republican · NC-10
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Meuser
Republican · PA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Pete Olson
Republican · TX-22
Vote: Not Voting
Chip Roy
Republican · TX-21
Vote: Not Voting
John Shimkus
Republican · IL-15
Vote: Not Voting
Ross Spano
Republican · FL-15
Vote: Not Voting
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Stewart
Republican · UT-2
Vote: Not Voting
Mac Thornberry
Republican · TX-13
Vote: Not Voting
William R. Timmons
Republican · SC-4
Vote: Not Voting
Greg Walden
Republican · OR-2
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 8/22/2020Roll call: house-116-2-179