On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5685 to H.R. 1424 (A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.)

Number:
Senate Vote #212 [primary source: senate.gov]
Date:
Oct 01, 2008 (110th Congress)
Result:
Amendment Agreed to
Bill:
H.R. 1424 (110th): Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Introduced by Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1, 1995-2010] on March 9, 2007
Current Status: Signed by the President

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment.

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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent
  Yea 74
 
 
 
74%
40 33 1
  Nay 25
 
 
 
25%
9 15 1
Not Voting 1
 
 
 
1%
1 0 0
Required: 3/5

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.)