S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Jun 24, 2022 at 1:26 p.m. ET. On Concurring in the Senate Amendments to the House Amendment in the House.

This was a vote to pass S. 2938 (117th) in the House.

Passed. Simple Majority Required. Source: house.gov.

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Each hexagon represents one congressional district. Dark shaded hexes are Yea votes.

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Vote Details

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” 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.

Statistically Notable Votes

Statistically notable votes are the votes that are most surprising, or least predictable, given how other members of each voter’s party voted and other factors.