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House · 118th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 120

House vote house-118-1-120

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree

Date: 2/27/2023

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Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 2/27/2023
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
118 / 1
Roll number
120
Record identifier
house-118-1-120
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree Responding to the earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023 This roll call is linked to bill 118hres132. 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 ≥ 278 Yea out of 416 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
17 members
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
Sharice Davids
Democratic · KS-3
Vote: Not Voting
Danny K. Davis
Democratic · IL-7
Vote: Not Voting
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
Democratic · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Vicente Gonzalez
Democratic · TX-34
Vote: Not Voting
H. Morgan Griffith
Republican · VA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-7
Vote: Not Voting
David P. Joyce
Republican · OH-14
Vote: Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · CA-18
Vote: Not Voting
Joseph D. Morelle
Democratic · NY-25
Vote: Not Voting
Greg Pence
Republican · IN-6
Vote: Not Voting
John Sarbanes
Democrat · MD-3
Vote: Not Voting
Michael K. Simpson
Republican · ID-2
Vote: Not Voting
W. Gregory Steube
Republican · FL-17
Vote: Not Voting
David Trone
Democrat · MD-6
Vote: Not Voting
Susan Wild
Democrat · PA-7
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 2/27/2023Roll call: house-118-1-120Bill: 118hres132