TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3959 TO AUTHORIZE NEW FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR 100,000 HOUSING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES; TO REAUTHORIZE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 3 YEARS AND TO ALLOW FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES THAT MAINTAIN RENT CONTROL AND STABILIZATION PROGRAMS. SEE NOTE(S) 20

Number:
Senate Vote #364 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Nov 17, 1983 (98th Congress)
Result:
Passed
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Totals     Republican     Democrat
  Aye 67
 
 
67%
35 32
  Nay 30
 
 
30%
20 10
Not Voting 3
 
 
3%
0 3
Required: Simple Majority

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.)