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House · 118th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 643

House vote house-118-1-643

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: 11/13/2023

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 11/13/2023
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
118 / 1
Roll number
643
Record identifier
house-118-1-643
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Debbie Smith Act This roll call is linked to bill 118hr1105. 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 ≥ 271 Yea out of 405 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 432
Not Voting list
27 members
Jim Banks
Republican · IN
Vote: Not Voting
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Larry Bucshon
Republican · IN-8
Vote: Not Voting
Judy Chu
Democratic · CA-28
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
Dan Crenshaw
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Ezell
Republican · MS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Pat Fallon
Republican · TX-4
Vote: Not Voting
John Garamendi
Democratic · CA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Marjorie Greene
Republican · GA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat · TX-18
Vote: Not Voting
Greg Landsman
Democratic · OH-1
Vote: Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · CA-18
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Mace
Republican · SC-1
Vote: Not Voting
Alexander Mooney
Republican · WV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin Mullin
Democratic · CA-15
Vote: Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · CA-11
Vote: Not Voting
Greg Pence
Republican · IN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Dean Phillips
Democrat · MN-3
Vote: Not Voting
Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican · FL-27
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Sherman
Democratic · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Abigail Spanberger
Democrat · VA-7
Vote: Not Voting
Eric Swalwell
Democratic · CA-14
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Thompson
Democratic · CA-4
Vote: Not Voting
Ritchie Torres
Democratic · NY-15
Vote: Not Voting
Roger Williams
Republican · TX-25
Vote: Not Voting
Robert J. Wittman
Republican · VA-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 11/13/2023Roll call: house-118-1-643Bill: 118hr1105