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..

Congress
106th Congress
Date
Aug 4, 1999
Chamber
House
Number
#372
Result:
Failed
Track Votes
Key: R Aye D Aye R No D No
Seat position based on our ideology score.
Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Aye 164
 
 
 
38%
18 145 1
  No 263
 
 
 
61%
200 63 0
Not Voting 6
 
 
 
1%
3 3 0
Required: Simple Majority 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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