H.R. 5798To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the "Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building".

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Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky [D-IL-09]
Cosponsors: 17 · 9 Democrats · 8 Republicans
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committees: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-303.

IntroducedJul 14, 2016
Passed the HouseSep 22, 2016
Passed the SenateDec 5, 2016
Sent to the PresidentDec 14, 2016
Became lawDec 16, 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the "Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building."

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5798 as public Law on Dec 16, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 556

House Sep 22, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the “Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building”

Passed · Two-thirds required

392 Yea 22 Nay 16 not voting · 1 present

Crossed both parties 22 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 22 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors17 · 9 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5798 and vote against it. 12 signed when it was filed.

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