Yesterday Congress voted on H. Res. 1608 and H. Res. 1609.
For H. Res. 1608 Democrats needed 9 more votes and 7 more votes for H. Res. 1609.
My understanding is the vote is essentially backwards because if you vote yes it gets sent back to committee and then the bill will die.
You can view the official results here:
- https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024490 (H. Res. 1608)
- https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024491 (H. Res. 1609)
Here is the list of the Democrats who were absent.
- Earl Blumenauer
- Jamaal Bowman
- Jasmine Crockett
- Henry Cuellar
- Dwight Evans
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Ruben Gallego
- Jimmy Gomez
- Raúl M. Grijalva
- Ted Lieu
- Kevin Mullin
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Katie Porter
- Mikie Sherrill
- Eric Swalwell
- Jennifer Wexton
The NC GOP state congress has been infamous in the past about doing things like that to try and pass their bills. Secret votings or waiting until enough Democrats were literally out of the building before having a vote. Rhetorical: why do Republicans seem to need to cheat in anything they do?