TO AMEND H.R. 16604 (32 STAT 807, 2/9/03), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE FOR FISCAL 1904, BY PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OF THE JUDGES OF THE U.S. COURTS TO ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ANY GIFTS, FREE TRANSPORTATION, OR FRANK, FROM ANY RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT LINE, EXPRESS, OR TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (P. 1343-1)

Number:
House Vote #85 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Jan 27, 1903 (57th Congress)
Result:
unknown
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Totals     Republican     Democrat     Populist     Silver Republican     Unknown
  Aye 87
 
 
 
 
 
25%
14 69 3 0 1
  Nay 114
 
 
 
 
 
32%
88 26 0 0 0
Present 11
 
 
 
 
 
3%
7 4 0 0 0
Not Voting 141
 
 
 
 
 
40%
89 49 2 1 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.)