Y=50 N=35 TO TABLE THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1728, INCREASING MONTHLY BENEFITS PROVIDED TO AMERICAN CIVILIAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

Number:
Senate Vote #1137 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Dec 19, 1974 (93rd Congress)
Result:
unknown
Related Bill:
S. 1728 (93rd): A bill to increase benefits provided to American civilian internees in Southeast Asia.
Introduced by Sen. James Eastland [D-MS, 1961-1978] on May 8, 1973
Current Status: Passed House with Changes
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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent     Conservative
  Aye 50
 
 
 
 
50%
26 22 1 1
  Nay 35
 
 
 
 
35%
21 14 0 0
Not Voting 15
 
 
 
 
15%
9 6 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.)