TO OVERRIDE VETO ON H.R. 10530, "AN ACT TO EXTEND FOR 2 ADDITIONAL YEARS THE 3 1/2 PERCENT INTEREST ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND BANK LOANS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR A 4 PERCENT INTEREST RATE ON LAND BANK COMMISSIONER'S LOANS UNTIL JULY 1, 1940."

Number:
Senate Vote #172 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Jun 16, 1938 (75th Congress)
Result:
unknown
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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent     Farmer-Labor     Progressive
  Aye 57
 
 
 
 
 
62%
44 10 1 1 1
  Nay 18
 
 
 
 
 
20%
18 0 0 0 0
Not Voting 17
 
 
 
 
 
18%
12 5 0 0 0
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.)