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Senate · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 131

Senate vote senate-114-2-131

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Voting on a Senate motion

Official question: On the Motion

Date: 7/14/2016

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Vote date: 7/14/2016
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
131
Record identifier
senate-114-2-131
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What this vote does

On the Motion No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Motion Agreed to.

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Result

Official result: Motion Agreed to
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 96).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 100
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12 members
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX
Vote: Nay
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Nay
Dean Heller
Republican · NV
Vote: Nay
James Inhofe
Republican · OK
Vote: Nay
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Vote: Nay
Rand Paul
Republican · KY
Vote: Nay
James E. Risch
Republican · ID
Vote: Nay
Marco Rubio
Republican · FL
Vote: Nay
Tim Scott
Republican · SC
Vote: Nay
Jefferson Sessions
Republican · AL
Vote: Nay
Richard Shelby
Republican · AL
Vote: Nay
David Vitter
Republican · LA
Vote: Nay

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Last updated: 7/14/2016Roll call: senate-114-2-131