JimMe wrote:
A "Voice Vote" is very often used, and the Speaker/Pres of Senate calls "How many in favor of the Bill say "Yea", and after all the "Yeas" are heard, they ask for the "Nays", and then the Speaker/Pres of Senate decides who they believe has the most votes and declares whichever side was in the Majority...
Usually, a Member of the House or Senate who doesn't think the Voting Result was accurate requests an individual vote, and the Speaker/Pres of Senate is obliged to have the Members cast their votes either electronically, or by "Roll-Call", the votes are then tallied and the Speaker/Pres Senate declares whichever side was in the Majority...
A "Voice Vote" is very often used, and t... (
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You are speaking of the Senate voting.. We know how the Senate will vote holding the majority.... I was speaking of Congress knowing how they do not ever agree on anything and if voice vote is done how often they revert to specific roll call votes and especially with people on both sides out right now..
If we need to get Technical over this there are 4 ways Congress can vote, : voice vote, division vote, yea and nay (or roll call) vote, and recorded vote. In the Committee of the Whole, the forms are voice vote, division vote, and recorded vote..
Yea and Nay Vote
Yay and nay votes provide a record of how each Member voted. These votes are taken by electronic device unless the computerized voting system malfunctions, in which case standby procedures outlined in Rule XX, clause 2(b), are used to conduct the votes.
The Constitution (Article I, Section 5) states that “the Yeas and Nays of the Members ... on any question” shall be obtained “at the Desire of one fifth of those present.” Under this provision, it does not matter if a quorum of the House (218 Members when the House has no vacancies) is not present to conduct business, because any Member can say, “Mr. [or Madam] Speaker, on that vote, I demand the yeas and nays.” If the demand is supported by one-fifth of those present, the Speaker will say that “the yeas and nays” are ordered.
Rule XX, clause 6, provides another type of yea and nay vote. If it is evident to a lawmaker that a quorum is not present in the chamber, he or she may object to a voice vote on that ground. Assuming the chair sustains the point of order, the chair will order a yea and nay vote. To make a quorum point of order, a Member says, “I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present, and I make a point of order that a quorum is not present.” The actual vote will then simultaneously determine both issues: the presence of a quorum and the vote on the pending question.
House Voting Procedures: Forms and Requirements
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de novo (as if new) to the House.
House Voting Procedures: Forms and Requirements
In addition, clause 10 of Rule XX states that the “yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered” on final passage of a limited number of measures or matters, such as concurrent budget resolutions. The Constitution requires that votes to override presidential vetoes shall be determined by the yeas and nays.
Recorded Vote
Recorded votes also identify how each Member voted and are taken by electronic device.
Don’t believe me, read it from the Senate.gov itself....
https://www.senate.gov/CRSpubs/b79ade62-94d9-4e91-9883-70b00f76a708.pdf