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TO AMEND H.R. 5262 BY INSTRUCTING U.S. DELEGATES TO VOTE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LOANS TO VIETNAM, LAOS, OR CAMBODIA.

Date:

Jun 14, 1977

Number:

Senate Vote #202
95th Congress

Result:

unknown

Source:

Professor Keith Poole

Track Votes
Totals     Democrat     Republican     Independent     Unknown
  Yea 58
 
 
 
 
58%
29 27 1 1
  Nay 32
 
 
 
 
32%
24 8 0 0
Not Voting 10
 
 
 
 
10%
7 3 0 0
Required: unknown

Vote Details

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.

All Senate votes use these words. But the House of Representatives uses “Aye” and “No” in other sorts of votes.