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On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 13 to H R 2264

This was a vote to approve or reject amendment H.Amdt. 333 (105th) (Thomas Coburn) to H.R. 2264 (105th). The title of the amendment is H.Amdt. 333 (Coburn) to H.R. 2264 (105th): Amendment sought to increase funding for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs by $34.8 million..

Totals

All Votes R D I
Aye 33%
 
 
 
141
135
 
6
 
0
 
No 65%
 
 
 
282
89
 
192
 
1
 
Not Voting 2%
 
 
 
10
2
 
8
 
0
 

Date: Sep 9, 1997

Required: Simple Majority

Result: Failed

Source: house.gov

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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”?

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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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