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On Ordering the Previous Question: H RES 609 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2997) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the FY ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes

Totals

All Votes D R
Yea 55%
 
 
239
238
 
1
 
Nay 42%
 
 
183
7
 
176
 
Not Voting 2%
 
 
10
9
 
1
 

Date: Jul 8, 2009

Required: Simple Majority

Result: Passed

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).)
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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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