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H.R. 5803 (101st): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991

This was a vote to pass H.R. 5803 (101st) in the House. The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an appropriations bill, which sets overall spending limits by agency or program. (Authorizations direct how federal funds should or should not be used.) Appropriations are typically made for single fiscal years (October 1 through September 30 of the next year).

Congress
101st Congress
Date
Oct 12, 1990
Chamber
House
Number
#455
Question:
On Passage of the Bill in the House
Result:
Passed

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Key: D Aye R Aye D No R No
Seat position based on our ideology score.
Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Aye 322
 
 
74%
190 132
  No 97
 
 
22%
58 39
Not Voting 14
 
 
3%
9 5
Required: Simple Majority source: house.gov

Vote Details

Notes: The Speaker’s Vote?
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. (See House Rules, Rule I(7).)
“Aye” or “Yea”?

“Aye” and “Yea” mean the same thing, and so do “No” and “Nay”. Congress uses different words in different sorts of votes.

The U.S. Constitution says that bills should be decided on by the “yeas and nays” (Article I, Section 7). Congress takes this literally and uses “yea” and “nay” when voting on the final passage of bills.

All Senate votes use these words. But the House of Representatives uses “Aye” and “No” in other sorts of votes.

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