TO AMEND H. R. 786, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY CIVIL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL 1866, BY APPROPRIATING $204,750 FOR THE SUBSISTENCE OF 15,700 REFUGEE INDIANS IN INDIAN TERRITORY AND KANSAS FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1ST TO MARCH 1, 1865, WITH THE PROVISO THAT A DETAILED STATEMENT OF MONIES EXPENDED SHALL BE MADE TO THE NEXT CONGRESS.

Number:
Senate Vote #582 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Mar 03, 1865 (38th Congress)
Result:
unknown
Totals     Republican     Democrat     Unconditional Unionist     Unionist
  Aye 23
 
 
 
 
46%
15 7 1 0
  Nay 13
 
 
 
 
26%
13 0 0 0
Not Voting 14
 
 
 
 
28%
8 5 0 1
Required: unknown

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.)