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On the Nomination PN1179: Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

May 26, 2006 at 8:58 a.m. ET.

Totals

All Votes R D I
Yea 57%
 
 
 
57
53
 
4
 
0
 
Nay 36%
 
 
 
36
0
 
35
 
1
 
Not Voting 7%
 
 
 
7
2
 
5
 
0
 

Nomination Confirmed. Simple Majority Required. Source: senate.gov.

The Yea votes represented 52% of the country’s population by apportioning each state’s population to its voting senators.

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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.

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