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

This was a vote to approve or reject amendment H.Amdt. 806 (109th) (Sheila Jackson Lee) to H.R. 5122 (109th). The title of the amendment is H.Amdt. 806 (Jackson Lee) to H.R. 5122 (109th): Amendment clarifies the factors that must be taken into consideration when recalling a reservist to service to include the frequency of assignment over the duration of a reservist's career..

Totals

All Votes R D I
Aye 96%
 
 
 
415
219
 
195
 
1
 
No 2%
 
 
 
9
9
 
0
 
0
 
Not Voting 2%
 
 
 
8
2
 
6
 
0
 

Date: May 11, 2006

Required: Simple Majority

Result: Agreed to

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”?

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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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