S 3295. ON PASSAGE.

Congress
81st Congress
Date
Jan 1, 1951
Chamber
House
Number
#274
Result:
unknown
Track Votes
Key: D Yea R Yea D Nay R Nay
Totals     Democrat     Republican     Liberal     American Labor
  Yea 293
 
 
 
 
68%
176 116 0 1
  Nay 52
 
 
 
 
12%
42 10 0 0
Present 81
 
 
 
 
19%
40 40 1 0
Not Voting 2
 
 
 
 
0%
0 2 0 0
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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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