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House · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 161

House vote house-117-1-161

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, as Amended

Date: 6/15/2021

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 6/15/2021
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
117 / 1
Roll number
161
Record identifier
house-117-1-161
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What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended To award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 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)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed as ≥ 285 Yea out of 427 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 431
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Last updated: 6/15/2021Roll call: house-117-1-161