On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009)

Number:
Senate Vote #71 [primary source: senate.gov]
Date:
Feb 26, 2009 (111th Congress)
Result:
Amendment Agreed to
Bill:
S. 160 (111th): District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
Introduced by Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT, 1989-2013] on January 6, 2009
Current Status: Passed Senate

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment.

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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent
  Yea 87
 
 
 
88%
46 40 1
  Nay 11
 
 
 
11%
10 0 1
Not Voting 1
 
 
 
1%
1 0 0
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.)