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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1977 to H.R. 2863 (Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006)

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment to H.R. 2863 (109th) in the Senate.

Congress
109th Congress
Date
Oct 5, 2005
Chamber
Senate
Number
#249
Result:
Amendment Agreed to

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Key: R Yea D Yea R Nay
Seat position based on our ideology score.
Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Yea 90
 
 
 
90%
46 43 1
  Nay 9
 
 
 
9%
9 0 0
Not Voting 1
 
 
 
1%
0 1 0
Required: Simple Majority source: senate.gov

Vote Details

Notes: “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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