TO TABLE THE ALLEN AMENDMENT TO S. 1771, THE BILL EXTENDING THE BASIC OPERATING AUTHORITY OF THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1981. THE ALLEN AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ANY LOANS MADE TO THE NATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION OF PANAMA.

Number:
Senate Vote #576 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Oct 25, 1977 (95th Congress)
Result:
unknown
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Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent
  Aye 69
 
 
 
69%
48 21 0
  Nay 13
 
 
 
13%
4 8 1
Not Voting 18
 
 
 
18%
9 9 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.)