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House · 118th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 708

House vote house-118-1-708

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: 12/11/2023

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 12/11/2023
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
118 / 1
Roll number
708
Record identifier
house-118-1-708
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.

What this vote does

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Lower Costs, More Transparency Act This roll call is linked to bill 118hr5378. 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 ≥ 261 Yea out of 391 voting (2/3 of those voting).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 433
Not Voting list
41 members
Brian Babin
Republican · TX-36
Vote: Not Voting
Andy Barr
Republican · KY-6
Vote: Not Voting
Julia Brownley
Democratic · CA-26
Vote: Not Voting
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Kat Cammack
Republican · FL-3
Vote: Not Voting
Matthew Cartwright
Democrat · PA-8
Vote: Not Voting
Steve Cohen
Democratic · TN-9
Vote: Not Voting
Jim Costa
Democratic · CA-21
Vote: Not Voting
Dan Crenshaw
Republican · TX-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jason Crow
Democratic · CO-6
Vote: Not Voting
Monica De La Cruz
Republican · TX-15
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Emmer
Republican · MN-6
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel S. Goldman
Democratic · NY-10
Vote: Not Voting
Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · CA-34
Vote: Not Voting
Brian Higgins
Democrat · NY-26
Vote: Not Voting
James A. Himes
Democratic · CT-4
Vote: Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democrat · TX-18
Vote: Not Voting
William R. Keating
Democratic · MA-9
Vote: Not Voting
Jennifer A. Kiggans
Republican · VA-2
Vote: Not Voting
Barbara Lee
Democrat · CA-12
Vote: Not Voting
Anna Paulina Luna
Republican · FL-13
Vote: Not Voting
Seth Magaziner
Democratic · RI-2
Vote: Not Voting
Kathy Manning
Democrat · NC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Kevin McCarthy
Republican · CA-20
Vote: Not Voting
Gregory W. Meeks
Democratic · NY-5
Vote: Not Voting
Grace Meng
Democratic · NY-6
Vote: Not Voting
Kweisi Mfume
Democratic · MD-7
Vote: Not Voting
Alexander Mooney
Republican · WV-2
Vote: Not Voting
Jared Moskowitz
Democratic · FL-23
Vote: Not Voting
Seth Moulton
Democratic · MA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Dean Phillips
Democrat · MN-3
Vote: Not Voting
C. Ruppersberger
Democrat · MD-2
Vote: Not Voting
Maria Elvira Salazar
Republican · FL-27
Vote: Not Voting
Bradley Scott Schneider
Democratic · IL-10
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Sherman
Democratic · CA-32
Vote: Not Voting
Elissa Slotkin
Democratic · MI
Vote: Not Voting
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · FL-25
Vote: Not Voting
Daniel Webster
Republican · FL-11
Vote: Not Voting
Brad Wenstrup
Republican · OH-2
Vote: Not Voting
Frederica S. Wilson
Democratic · FL-24
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 12/11/2023Roll call: house-118-1-708Bill: 118hr5378