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

This was a vote to approve or reject amendment H.Amdt. 394 (106th) (Robert “Bobby” Scott) to H.R. 2670 (106th). The title of the amendment is H.Amdt. 394 (Scott) to H.R. 2670 (106th): Amendment sought to increase crime prevention and drug treatment program funding by $137.3 million and decrease the truth-in-sentencing block grant program accordingly..

Totals

All Votes R D I
Aye 38%
 
 
 
164
18
 
145
 
1
 
No 61%
 
 
 
263
200
 
63
 
0
 
Not Voting 1%
 
 
 
6
3
 
3
 
0
 

Date: Aug 4, 1999

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”?

“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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