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House · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 187

House vote house-116-2-187

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

Voting on a proposed change

Official question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Date: 9/15/2020

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 9/15/2020
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
187
Record identifier
house-116-2-187
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Agreeing to the Amendment No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Failed.

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Result

Official result: Failed
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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 607).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 624
Not Voting list
17 members
Ralph Abraham
Republican · LA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA-41
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Peter DeFazio
Democrat · OR-4
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Graves
Republican · GA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick McHenry
Republican · NC-10
Vote: Not Voting
Andrew Ogles
Republican · TN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Steven Palazzo
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Quigley
Democratic · IL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Denver Riggleman
Republican · VA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Francis Rooney
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
Michael K. Simpson
Republican · ID-2
Vote: Not Voting
Darren Soto
Democratic · FL-9
Vote: Not Voting
William R. Timmons
Republican · SC-4
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Walker
Republican · NC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Wright
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting
Don Young
Republican · AK-0
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 9/15/2020Roll call: house-116-2-187