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S. 249 (106th): Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended in the House

Date:

May 25, 1999

Number:

House Vote #148
106th Congress

Result:

Passed

Source:

house.gov

Track Votes

This was a vote to pass S. 249 (106th). It was taken under a procedure called “suspension of the rules” which is typically used to pass non-controversial bills. Votes under suspension require a 2/3rds majority. A failed vote under suspension can be taken again.

Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Yea 414
 
 
 
96%
213 199 2
  Nay 1
 
 
 
0%
1 0 0
Not Voting 18
 
 
 
4%
7 11 0
Required: 2/3

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.