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On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 2670

Date:

Aug 4, 1999

Number:

House Vote #372
106th Congress

Result:

Failed

Source:

house.gov

Track Votes

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment to H.R. 2670 (106th).

Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Aye 164
 
 
 
38%
19 143 2
  No 263
 
 
 
61%
200 63 0
Not Voting 6
 
 
 
1%
3 3 0
Required: Simple Majority

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.