On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 3093

This was a vote to approve or reject amendment H.Amdt. 643 (110th) (Mike Rogers) to H.R. 3093 (110th). The title of the amendment is H.Amdt. 643 (Rogers) to H.R. 3093 (110th): Amendment sought to increase funding for the Office of China Compliance by $6 million..

Congress
110th Congress
Date
Jul 25, 2007
Chamber
House
Number
#720
Result:
Failed
Track Votes
Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Aye 200
 
 
46%
23 177
  No 228
 
 
52%
209 19
Not Voting 8
 
 
2%
2 6
Required: Simple Majority 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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