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On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 367: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013

Date:

Aug 2, 2013

Number:

House Vote #444
113th Congress

Result:

Failed

Source:

house.gov

Track Votes

This vote was related to a bill introduced by Rep. Todd Young [R-IN9] on January 23, 2013, H.R. 367: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013.

Totals     Republican     Democrat
  Aye 185
 
 
43%
0 185
  No 229
 
 
53%
227 2
Not Voting 19
 
 
4%
6 13
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.