TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, H.R. 379, WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND AMENDMENTS PLACING UPON THE FREE LIST ALL ARTICLES MANUFACTURED BY ANY ORGANIZATION OF PERSONS FORMED IN THE U.S. FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE SUPPLY OR PRICE OF ANY SUCH ARTICLES; AND THAT THE RATES OF DUTY NOW PRESCRIBED BY LAW SHALL BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED ON ANY OF SUCH ARTICLES WHEN SUCH ARTICLES SHALL CEASE TO BE MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S.

Number:
House Vote #9 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Mar 31, 1897 (55th Congress)
Result:
unknown
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Totals     Republican     Democrat     Populist     Silver Republican     Ind. Republican
  Aye 148
 
 
 
 
 
42%
1 122 22 3 0
  Nay 197
 
 
 
 
 
56%
194 2 0 0 1
Not Voting 8
 
 
 
 
 
2%
6 2 0 0 0
Required: unknown

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.)