Supend the Rules and Agree, As Amended: H RES 509 Recognizing the Importance of African-American Music to Global Culture and Calling on the U.S. to Celebrate African-American Music

Number:
House Vote #234 [primary source: house.gov]
Date:
Jun 06, 2000 (106th Congress)
Result:
Passed
Related Bill:
H.Res. 509 (106th): Recognizing the importance of African-American music to global culture and calling on the people of the United States to study, reflect on, and celebrate African-American music.
Introduced by Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA2] on May 23, 2000
Current Status: Agreed To (Simple Resolution)
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Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent     Democrat/Republican     Democrat Farmer Labor     Democrat/Independent
  Yea 382
 
 
 
 
 
 
88%
196 183 1 1 0 1
  Nay 0
 
 
 
 
 
 
0%
0 0 0 0 0 0
Not Voting 52
 
 
 
 
 
 
12%
27 24 0 0 1 0
Required: 2/3

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.)