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The House failed to pass a bill through a motion to suspend its rules. The motion received 198 yes votes and 218 no votes, short of the required two-thirds.
The House considered a motion to suspend its rules and pass a bill. ChamberLight has not yet linked this roll call to the measure it concerns. The motion failed, with 198 members voting yes and 218 voting no. It fell 80 votes short of the 278 needed.
The bill can return to the House floor under regular rules, where the normal majority threshold applies.
Why it matters. The House did not pass the bill using this fast-track procedure. The bill may still be considered under regular rules.
Who’s affected. The House: The motion failed, so the bill was not passed through this vote. · The bill and its supporters: The bill may still return to the floor under regular rules.
Democrats. Seven Democrats voted yes and 199 voted no; Donald Davis of North Carolina, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Marie Perez of Washington, Susie Lee of Nevada, and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas voted against their party's majority position.
Republicans. 190 Republicans voted yes and 19 voted no; Andrew Clyde of Georgia voted against his party's majority position.
The House failed to pass a bill through a motion to suspend its rules.
The motion received 198 yes votes and 218 no votes, short of the required two-thirds.
Suspending the rules is a fast-track way for the House to consider and pass a bill, but it requires a two-thirds vote. Here, 278 of the 416 members who voted yes or no had to vote yes.
The bill can return to the House floor under regular rules, where the normal majority threshold applies.
The House did not pass the bill using this fast-track procedure. The bill may still be considered under regular rules.
The vote was recorded as party-line: Democrats' majority position was no and Republicans' was yes. Most members voted with their party's majority position, with the listed exceptions.
Seven Democrats voted yes and 199 voted no; Donald Davis of North Carolina, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Marie Perez of Washington, Susie Lee of Nevada, and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas voted against their party's majority position.
190 Republicans voted yes and 19 voted no; Andrew Clyde of Georgia voted against his party's majority position.
One independent voted yes.