On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2446 to H.R. 4624 (Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995)

Number:
Senate Vote #255 [primary source: senate.gov]
Date:
Aug 03, 1994 (103rd Congress)
Result:
Motion to Table Agreed to
Related Bill:
H.R. 4624 (103rd): Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, andIndependent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995
Introduced by Rep. Louis Stokes [D-OH11, 1993-1998] on June 22, 1994
Current Status: Signed by the President

This was a procedural vote.

The Vice President cast a tie-breaking vote.
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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Vice President
  Yea 51
 
 
 
50%
30 20 1
  Nay 50
 
 
 
50%
24 26 0
Required: Simple Majority

Vote Details

Notes

The Vice President cast a tie-breaking vote.

The Vice President casts a vote in the Senate when there is a tie. Article I, section 3 of the United States Constitution reads: “The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.” Ties in the Senate are rare.

What’s the difference between aye and yea?

There is no meaningful difference between aye and yea (and nay and no), but the terms are used in different sorts of votes based on Congress’s long tradition of parliamentary procedure. The House and Senate follow the U.S. Constitution strictly when it says that bills should be decided on by the “yeas and nays” (Article I, Section 7). The House sometimes operates under a special set of rules called the “Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union” (or “Committee of the Whole” for short), which is a sort of pseudo-committee that is made up of every congressman. During this mode of operation, the House uses the terms “aye” and “no” instead. (See the Rules of the House, Rule XX, and House Practice in the section Voting.)