TO AGREE TO H. RES. 1591, THE RULE TO CONSIDER S. 2278, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTTORNEYS' FEES AWARDS ACT OF 1976.

Number:
House Vote #1268 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Oct 01, 1976 (94th Congress)
Result:
unknown
Related Bill:
H.Res. 1591 (94th): A resolution providing for consideration of S. 2278. A bill: The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 1976.
Introduced by Rep. Richard Bolling [D-MO5, 1961-1982] on September 30, 1976
Current Status: Agreed To (Simple Resolution)
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Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Aye 262
 
 
61%
200 62
  Nay 108
 
 
25%
39 69
Not Voting 60
 
 
14%
46 14
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.)