TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON HR 3838, THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986, TO REFORM THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES BY REDUCING INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE TAX RATES, ELIMINATING OR CURTAILING MANY CREDITS, EXCLUSIONS, AND DEDUCTIONS, TAXING CAPITAL GAINS AS ORDINARY INCOME, AND REPEALING THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT.

Number:
Senate Vote #677 [primary source: Professor Keith Poole]
Date:
Sep 27, 1986 (99th Congress)
Result:
unknown
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Totals     Republican     Democrat
  Aye 74
 
 
74%
41 33
  Nay 23
 
 
23%
11 12
Not Voting 3
 
 
3%
1 2
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.)