Y=77 N=8 TO AGREE TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS WITH AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SEN. ERVIN TO S. 3418, A BILL TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY IN FEDERAL GATHERING, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.

Number:
Senate Vote #1129 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Dec 17, 1974 (93rd Congress)
Result:
unknown
Related Bill:
S. 3418 (93rd): An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a, to safeguard individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that individuals be granted access to records concerning them which are maintained by Fed
Introduced by Sen. Samuel Ervin [D-NC, 1957-1974] on May 1, 1974
Current Status: Signed by the President
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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent     Conservative
  Aye 77
 
 
 
 
77%
44 31 1 1
  Nay 8
 
 
 
 
8%
0 8 0 0
Not Voting 15
 
 
 
 
15%
13 2 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.)