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TO AGREE TO H. J. RES. 945, THE RESOLUTION MAKING AN URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE BLACK LUNG PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 1978.

Date:

Jun 9, 1978

Number:

House Vote #1079
95th Congress

Result:

unknown

Source:

Professor Keith Poole

Track Votes
Totals     Democrat     Republican
  Yea 255
 
 
59%
197 58
  Nay 91
 
 
21%
17 74
Present 1
 
 
0%
0 1
Not Voting 87
 
 
20%
73 14
Required: unknown

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.