Amendment sought to conduct a study to explore mechanisms by which federal authority can preempt or otherwise mitigate state actions that effectively undermine domestic refining capacity critical to national defense.

Jul 21, 2026

OUTCOME · FAILED

212/ 428NEEDED 215

Threshold: Simple Majority

HEADS UP

Amendment, not the bill.This vote modifies the underlying bill but does not pass or reject the bill itself. The bill still needs a separate passage vote.

WHAT THIS VOTE DID

AI-written

The House rejected an amendment, with 212 voting yes and 216 voting no.

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The House voted on an amendment to a bill. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the specific amendment or bill it concerns. The amendment failed, so its proposed change was not added to the bill.

PROCEDURE

CATEGORY: amendment
NEEDED: Simple Majority
COALITION: Party-line

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate House passage vote.

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PARTY DYNAMICS

Democrats. Democrats voted 4 yes, 209 no, with 2 not voting; the majority position was no.

Republicans. Republicans voted 207 yes, 7 no, with 6 not voting; the majority position was yes.

8 cross-party votes · 8 absences

MEMBERS · 436

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

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VOTE FAILED· 119TH CONGRESS · 2ND SESSION · ROLL CALL #261

HouseAmendmentClose vote

Amendment sought to conduct a study to explore mechanisms by which federal authority can preempt or otherwise mitigate state actions that effectively undermine domestic refining capacity critical to national defense.

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Jul 21, 2026

212–216

215 to pass

Margin

4 votes

Short by

3 of 215

Crossed

HOW THIS VOTE WORKS

Party-line

An amendment vote decides whether to add a proposed change to a bill. It does not pass or reject the bill itself.

Threshold

215 of 428

Needs more yes than no votes — 215 of 428 cast this time. (435 total seats; members not voting don’t count toward the threshold.)

Outcome

Short by 3

The amendment failed by 3 votes, so its proposed change was not adopted.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

The bill still needs a separate House passage vote.

PARTY DYNAMICS

The vote largely followed party majority positions: most Republicans voted yes and most Democrats voted no. Four Democrats voted yes, and seven Republicans voted no.

Democrats

Democrats voted 4 yes, 209 no, with 2 not voting; the majority position was no.

Republicans

Republicans voted 207 yes, 7 no, with 6 not voting; the majority position was yes.

Independents

The one independent who voted cast a yes vote.

CROSSED PARTY LINES

D
Adam GrayCalifornia-13
Voted YES against party majority— One of 4 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Henry CuellarTexas-28
Voted YES against party majority— One of 4 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Jim CostaCalifornia-21
Voted YES against party majority— One of 4 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
D
Vicente GonzalezTexas-34
Voted YES against party majority— One of 4 Democrats who voted yes while most Democrats voted no.
R
Brian FitzpatrickPennsylvania-1
Voted NO against party majority— One of 7 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Eric BurlisonMissouri-7
Voted NO against party majority— One of 7 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Gus BilirakisFlorida-12
Voted NO against party majority— One of 7 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.
R
Jimmy PatronisFlorida-1
Voted NO against party majority— One of 7 Republicans who voted no while most Republicans voted yes.

NOTABLE ABSENCES

DFrederica WilsonFlorida-24— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
DStacey PlaskettU.S. Virgin Islands-0— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAndrew ClydeGeorgia-9— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAndy BiggsArizona-5— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RAumua RadewagenAmerican Samoa-0— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.
RJim JordanOhio-4— One of 8 members not voting; the result was decided by 3 votes.

AI-WRITTENThe summary and analysis of this vote were written by an AI model from the roll-call record.

Model: gpt-6-lunaMethod: Vote analysis, version 2.0Generated: Sep 25, 2026Confidence: Low

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Amendment sought to conduct a study to explore mechanisms by which federal authority can preempt or otherwise mitigate state actions that effectively undermine domestic refining capacity critical to national defense.

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Amendment sought to conduct a study to explore mechanisms by which federal authority can preempt or otherwise mitigate state actions that effectively undermine domestic refining capacity critical to national defense.

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PARTY BREAKDOWN

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