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House Roll Call 687 (115th Congress, 1st Session) · December 18, 2017
H.R. 3979

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act

Passage
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
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Reference number
vote-115-h686
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Power & Politics. (2026, November 4). House recorded vote (115th Congress): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (H.R. 3979) [Roll-call vote record]. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-115-h686

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Power & Politics. "House recorded vote (115th Congress): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (H.R. 3979)." Last modified November 4, 2026. Accessed November 4, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-115-h686.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{House recorded vote (115th Congress): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (H.R. 3979)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-115-h686}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-115-h686; official source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017687; last checked November 4, 2026; accessed November 4, 2026}
}
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The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

The map

How each state's members voted

In 40 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 10 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
Each shape is a House district of the 115th Congress, shaded by how its member voted. Alaska and Hawaii are drawn as insets. Outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file. Source ↗
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 10 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 16 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 11 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 24 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 5 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 4 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 15 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 15 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 48 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 4 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 6 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 5 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 11 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 8 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 3 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 4 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 9 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 13 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 28 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 20 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Arkansas 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 48 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Connecticut 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 431 members

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