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119TH CONGRESS · 2ND SESSION
HOUSEROLL CALL #255AMENDMENTDEFENSE
HOUSE #255AMENDMENTDEFENSE

House rejects Keep the current deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission's final report

On Agreeing to the Amendment

JUL 21, 2026 · 9:02 PM ET

FAILED
65–361
65 YEA · 361 NAY · 10 NOT VOTING149 SHORT
214 NEEDED
NEEDED 214149 SHORT

Most Democrats and most Republicans voted no. 65 members of the two parties voted yes. 149 votes short of the 214 needed.

65–361FAILED
215 DEM1 IND220 REP
YEANAYCROSSEDTAP A SEAT
WHAT WAS DECIDED

What the House was voting on

FROM THE HOUSE CLERK AND CONGRESS.GOV
IN PLAIN WORDS

The House voted on whether to add H.Amdt. 242 to H.R. 8800, removing a section that would change the deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission’s final report and keeping the current deadline. H.R. 8800 sets fiscal year 2027 policies and authorities for Defense Department programs and Energy Department national security programs. The amendment failed, falling 149 votes short of the 214 needed.

A YES MEANT

Add H.Amdt. 242’s change—keeping the current reporting deadline—to H.R. 8800.

A NO MEANT

Leave H.R. 8800’s reporting-deadline provision as written.

THE AMENDMENT · H.Amdt. 242
Keep the current deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission's final report

Removes the bill section changing the deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission’s final report, leaving the current statutory deadline in place.

WHERE IT STANDS · WHAT’S NEXT

Passed the House 216–212 on July 22, 2026. Now waiting in the Senate, 154 days after it was introduced.

JUL 22On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216–212 (Roll no. 278).
JUL 22Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SEP 14Received in the Senate.
WHY IT NEEDED 2140 VACANT · 435 SEATED
214is a majority of the 426 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
TIES
A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
THE AMENDMENT · H.Amdt. 242Keep the current deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission's final reportRemoves the bill section changing the deadline for the Afghanistan War Commission’s final report, leaving the current statutory deadline in place.
HOW EACH SIDE VOTED

Most of both parties voted noBoth parties mostly voted no.

CROSSED = VOTED AGAINST MOST OF THEIR PARTY
BY PARTYYEA–NAY
DemocratsNONE CROSSED
Republicans65 CROSSED TO YEA
IndependentsCAUCUS WITH REPUBLICANS
THE ARITHMETICCOUNTS ONLY
0
yeas without the 65 who crossed
65
yeas with them
+149
more had to switch from nay to reach 214
THE 65 WHO CROSSEDHOW OFTEN THEY VOTE WITH PARTY
Nicholas J. Begich III
R-AK-AL · VOTED YEA
Barry Moore
R-AL-1 · VOTED YEA
David Schweikert
R-AZ-1 · VOTED YEA
Elijah Crane
R-AZ-2 · VOTED YEA
Juan Ciscomani
R-AZ-6 · VOTED YEA
Abraham J. Hamadeh
R-AZ-8 · VOTED YEA
Lauren Boebert
R-CO-4 · VOTED YEA
Jimmy Patronis
R-FL-1 · VOTED YEA
Kat Cammack
R-FL-3 · VOTED YEA
Aaron Bean
R-FL-4 · VOTED YEA
Cory Mills
R-FL-7 · VOTED YEA
Anna Paulina Luna
R-FL-13 · VOTED YEA
+53 more · see the full roll
BY STATEEACH STATE’S DELEGATION
YEAS, UPPER BARNAYS, LOWER BARA MEMBER CROSSEDYOUR STATE
17 FAILED
Amendment votes that failed in the House in July
72ND
Amendment vote in the House this Congress
50
House roll calls in July
0
yeas without the 65
65
yeas with them
+149
needed for 214
THE 65 WHO CROSSED
17 FAILEDAmendment votes that failed in the House in July
72NDAmendment vote in the House this Congress
50House roll calls in July
THE FULL ROLL

All 436 representatives, by stateAll 436 representatives

10 NOT VOTING · 0 PRESENT · 0 VACANT
436 SHOWNTAP A NAME FOR DETAILS
436 SHOWN
THE JOURNEY

Every vote on H.R. 8800, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 8800

ROLL CALLS, COMMITTEE AND FLOOR ACTIONS
HOUSE
SENATE
HOUSE · JUL 21
65–361
FAILED · NEEDED 214
IN THE NEWS · 81 STORIESIN THE NEWS

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