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

Nov 17, 1993 at 2:13 p.m. ET. On the Conference Report in the Senate.

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.

Totals

All Votes D R
Yea 78%
 
 
77
51
 
26
 
Nay 22%
 
 
22
4
 
18
 
Not Voting
 
 
1
1
 
0
 

Conference Report Agreed to. Simple Majority Required. Source: senate.gov.

The Yea votes represented 69% of the country’s population by apportioning each state’s population to its voting senators.

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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.

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