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House · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 59

House vote house-115-1-59

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

Final passage vote

Official question: On Passage

Date: 1/13/2017

Sources

Provenance for this roll-call record.

Vote date: 1/13/2017
Chamber
House
Data source
Clerk of the House (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 1
Roll number
59
Record identifier
house-115-1-59
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What this vote does

On Passage To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Passed.

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Result

Official result: Passed
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 not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 151).

Vote breakdown

Total recorded votes: 434
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14 members
Xavier Becerra
Democrat · CA-34
Vote: Not Voting
Vern Buchanan
Republican · FL-16
Vote: Not Voting
Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · MO-5
Vote: Not Voting
James E. Clyburn
Democratic · SC-6
Vote: Not Voting
Lois Frankel
Democratic · FL-22
Vote: Not Voting
Gene Green
Democrat · TX-29
Vote: Not Voting
Eddie Johnson
Democrat · TX-30
Vote: Not Voting
Walter Jones
Republican · NC-3
Vote: Not Voting
Mick Mulvaney
Republican · SC-5
Vote: Not Voting
Mike Pompeo
Republican · KS-4
Vote: Not Voting
Tom Price
Republican · GA-6
Vote: Not Voting
Bobby Rush
Democrat · IL-1
Vote: Not Voting
John H. Rutherford
Republican · FL-5
Vote: Not Voting
Ryan K. Zinke
Republican · MT-1
Vote: Not Voting

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Last updated: 1/13/2017Roll call: house-115-1-59