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House · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 234

House vote house-116-2-234

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: 12/4/2020

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/4/2020
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
234
Record identifier
house-116-2-234
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions MORE Act 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 = 392).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 430
Not Voting list
37 members
Ralph Abraham
Republican · LA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Robert B. Aderholt
Republican · AL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Rick W. Allen
Republican · GA-12
Vote: Not Voting
Don Bacon
Republican · NE-2
Vote: Not Voting
Susan Brooks
Republican · IN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Larry Bucshon
Republican · IN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Budd
Republican · NC
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Burgess
Republican · TX-26
Vote: Not Voting
Ken Calvert
Republican · CA-41
Vote: Not Voting
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican · GA-1
Vote: Not Voting
John R. Carter
Republican · TX-31
Vote: Not Voting
Wm. Clay
Democrat · MO-1
Vote: Not Voting
Doug Collins
Republican · GA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Paul Cook
Republican · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Neal P. Dunn
Republican · FL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Abby Finkenauer
Democrat · IA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Virginia Foxx
Republican · NC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Marcia Fudge
Democrat · OH-11
Vote: Not Voting
Greg Gianforte
Republican · MT-0
Vote: Not Voting
Garret Graves
Republican · LA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Clay Higgins
Republican · LA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Johnson
Republican · LA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Steve King
Republican · IA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Kenny Marchant
Republican · TX-24
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin McCarthy
Republican · CA-23
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick McHenry
Republican · NC-10
Vote: Not Voting
Paul Mitchell
Independent · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Markwayne Mullin
Republican · OK
Vote: Not Voting
Ralph Norman
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Gary J. Palmer
Republican · AL-6
Vote: Not Voting
Guy Reschenthaler
Republican · PA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Cedric Richmond
Democrat · LA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Austin Scott
Republican · GA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Chris Stewart
Republican · UT-2
Vote: Not Voting
Ann Wagner
Republican · MO-2
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Wright
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/4/2020Roll call: house-116-2-234