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Floor vote

House vote #76

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Passed Congress 114 · Session 1 Feb 11, 2015 · 10:24 PM  HR 431
PASSED
420–0
+420 margin
Democrats
181
Republicans
239
Majority threshold YES 420 0 NO
420 members voted · 12 present/absent Passed by 420 votes
Present or didn't vote