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House · 118th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 145

House vote house-118-1-145

Whether the House should pass this bill under suspension of the rules

Official question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Date: 3/22/2023

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 3/22/2023
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
118 / 1
Roll number
145
Record identifier
house-118-1-145
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines This roll call is linked to bill 118hr1159. 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 ≥ 275 Yea out of 411 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
Not Voting list
23 members
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat · OR-3
Vote: Not Voting
Larry Bucshon
Republican · IN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Joaquin Castro
Democratic · TX-20
Vote: Not Voting
Judy Chu
Democratic · CA-28
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Ruben Gallego
Democratic · AZ
Vote: Not Voting
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
Democratic · IL-4
Vote: Not Voting
Josh Gottheimer
Democratic · NJ-5
Vote: Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva
Democrat · AZ-7
Vote: Not Voting
Robin L. Kelly
Democratic · IL-2
Vote: Not Voting
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · NM-3
Vote: Not Voting
Frank D. Lucas
Republican · OK-3
Vote: Not Voting
Stephen F. Lynch
Democratic · MA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Republican · WA-5
Vote: Not Voting
Alexander Mooney
Republican · WV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jared Moskowitz
Democratic · FL-23
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin Mullin
Democratic · CA-15
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Napolitano
Democrat · CA-31
Vote: Not Voting
Andrew Ogles
Republican · TN-5
Vote: Not Voting
Raul Ruiz
Democratic · CA-25
Vote: Not Voting
Mikie Sherrill
Democrat · NJ-11
Vote: Not Voting
Maxine Waters
Democratic · CA-43
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 3/22/2023Roll call: house-118-1-145Bill: 118hr1159