On Ordering the Previous Question: H R 2378 Treasury, Postal Appropriations, FY 1998

Number:
House Vote #435 [primary source: house.gov]
Date:
Sep 24, 1997 (105th Congress)
Result:
Passed
Related Bill:
H.R. 2378 (105th): Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998
Introduced by Rep. James “Jim” Kolbe [R-AZ8, 2003-2006] on August 6, 1997
Current Status: Signed by the President

This was a procedural vote.

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Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent     Democrat/Republican     Democrat Farmer Labor
  Yea 229
 
 
 
 
 
53%
115 112 0 1 1
  Nay 199
 
 
 
 
 
46%
110 88 1 0 0
Not Voting 6
 
 
 
 
 
1%
3 3 0 0 0
Required: Simple Majority

Vote Details

Notes

Where is the Speaker’s vote?

According to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings, except when such vote would be decisive.” In practice, this means the Speaker of the House rarely votes and only does so when it is politically useful. When the Speaker declines to vote, he or she is simply omitted from the roll call by the House Clerk.

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.)