Will the House Now Consider the Resolution: H RES 1014 Providing for the consideration of H.R. 1014, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act

Number:
House Vote #94 [primary source: house.gov]
Date:
Mar 05, 2008 (110th Congress)
Result:
Passed
Related Bill:
H.Res. 1014 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1424) to amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to r
Introduced by Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL14] on March 4, 2008
Current Status: Agreed To (Simple Resolution)

This was a procedural vote.

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Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Yea 215
 
 
50%
211 4
  Nay 192
 
 
45%
8 184
Present 1
 
 
0%
0 1
Not Voting 20
 
 
5%
11 9
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.)