S. 686 (109th): Terri Schiavo Incapacitated Protection bill

This was a vote to pass S. 686 (109th) in the House. This vote was taken under a House 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.

Congress
109th Congress
Date
Mar 21, 2005
Chamber
House
Number
#90
Question:
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass in the House
Result:
Passed
Track Votes
Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Yea 203
 
 
 
47%
156 47 0
  Nay 58
 
 
 
13%
5 53 0
Not Voting 174
 
 
 
40%
71 102 1
Required: 2/3 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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