House · 118th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 187
House vote house-118-1-187
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding
Date: 4/18/2023
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Vote date: 4/18/2023
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
118 / 1
Roll number
187
Record identifier
house-118-1-187
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What this vote does
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ’Waters of the United States’ ” This roll call is linked to bill 118hjres27. Recorded outcome: Failed.
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Result
Official result: Failed
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 423).
Vote breakdown
Yea
227 members
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Nay
196 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
11 members
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Total recorded votes: 434
Present list
0 members
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Last updated: 4/18/2023Roll call: house-118-1-187Bill: 118hjres27