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House · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 246

House vote house-116-2-246

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: 12/18/2020

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/18/2020
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
246
Record identifier
house-116-2-246
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass FACE 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)
Two-thirds (of those voting)
Note: Some votes require 2/3 under chamber rules (e.g., suspension, overrides). The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 259 Yea out of 387 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 429
Not Voting list
42 members
Ralph Abraham
Republican · LA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Rob Bishop
Republican · UT-1
Vote: Not Voting
Bradley Byrne
Republican · AL-1
Vote: Not Voting
John R. Carter
Republican · TX-31
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Cloud
Republican · TX-27
Vote: Not Voting
Doug Collins
Republican · GA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Duncan
Republican · SC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Neal P. Dunn
Republican · FL-2
Vote: Not Voting
A. Ferguson
Republican · GA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Bill Flores
Republican · TX-17
Vote: Not Voting
Matt Gaetz
Republican · FL-1
Vote: Not Voting
Anthony Gonzalez
Republican · OH-16
Vote: Not Voting
Michael Guest
Republican · MS-3
Vote: Not Voting
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican · WA-3
Vote: Not Voting
Jody Hice
Republican · GA-10
Vote: Not Voting
George Holding
Republican · NC-2
Vote: Not Voting
Peter King
Republican · NY-2
Vote: Not Voting
Steve King
Republican · IA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Adam Kinzinger
Republican · IL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Debbie Lesko
Republican · AZ-8
Vote: Not Voting
Barry Loudermilk
Republican · GA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Kenny Marchant
Republican · TX-24
Vote: Not Voting
Patrick McHenry
Republican · NC-10
Vote: Not Voting
Paul Mitchell
Independent · MI-10
Vote: Not Voting
Ralph Norman
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Reed
Republican · NY-23
Vote: Not Voting
Martha Roby
Republican · AL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Mike D. Rogers
Republican · AL-3
Vote: Not Voting
Francis Rooney
Republican · FL-19
Vote: Not Voting
Harley Rouda
Democrat · CA-48
Vote: Not Voting
David Rouzer
Republican · NC-7
Vote: Not Voting
F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · WI-5
Vote: Not Voting
Ross Spano
Republican · FL-15
Vote: Not Voting
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Stivers
Republican · OH-15
Vote: Not Voting
David Trone
Democrat · MD-6
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Walker
Republican · NC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting
Joe Wilson
Republican · SC-2
Vote: Not Voting
Robert J. Wittman
Republican · VA-1
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Wright
Republican · TX-6
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Yoho
Republican · FL-3
Vote: Not Voting

About this data

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Last updated: 12/18/2020Roll call: house-116-2-246