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On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 5122

Date:

May 11, 2006

Number:

House Vote #143
109th Congress

Result:

Agreed to

Source:

house.gov

Track Votes

This was a vote to approve or reject an amendment to H.R. 5122 (109th).

Totals     Republican     Democrat     Independent
  Aye 415
 
 
 
96%
219 195 1
  No 9
 
 
 
2%
9 0 0
Not Voting 8
 
 
 
2%
2 6 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.