H.R. 2401 (103rd): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994

This was a vote to pass H.R. 2401 (103rd) in the Senate. The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an authorization bill, which directs how federal funds should or should not be used. (It does not set overall spending limits, however, which are the subject of appropriations bills.) Authorizations are typically made for single fiscal years (October 1 through September 30 of the next year) but are often renewed in subsequent law.

Congress
103rd Congress
Date
Nov 17, 1993
Chamber
Senate
Number
#380
Question:
On the Conference Report in the Senate
Result:
Conference Report Agreed to
Track Votes
Key: D Yea R Yea D Nay R Nay
Seat position based on our ideology score.
Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Yea 77
 
 
77%
51 26
  Nay 22
 
 
22%
4 18
Not Voting 1
 
 
1%
1 0
Required: Simple Majority source: senate.gov

Vote Details

Notes: “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.

Download as CSV | XML | JSON

Statistically Notable Votes

Statistically notable votes are the votes that are most surprising, or least predictable, given how other members of each voter’s party voted and other factors.

All Votes