TO BRING UP FOR CONSIDERATION THE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE HONDURAS LOTTERY COMPANY.

Number:
Senate Vote #561 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Mar 02, 1895 (53rd Congress)
Result:
unknown
Totals     Democrat     Republican     Populist     Silver     Unknown
  Aye 35
 
 
 
 
 
40%
12 20 0 1 2
  Nay 18
 
 
 
 
 
20%
12 6 0 0 0
Not Voting 35
 
 
 
 
 
40%
19 11 3 0 2
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.)