On the Amendment S.Amdt. 689 to S. 886 (United Nations Reform Act of 1999)

Number:
Senate Vote #177 [primary source: senate.gov]
Date:
Jun 21, 1999 (106th Congress)
Result:
Amendment Agreed to
Bill:
S. 886 (106th): Admiral James W. Nance Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001
Introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms [R-NC, 1973-2002] on April 27, 1999
Current Status: Passed Senate

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment.

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Totals     Republican     Democrat
  Yea 88
 
 
88%
48 40
  Nay 0
 
 
0%
0 0
Not Voting 12
 
 
12%
7 5
Required: Simple Majority

Vote Details

Notes

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.)