I know thats a hard Question but I didn’t find a sufficient answer to that.
So I would be very thankful, if someone could give me a detailed explaination.
Here is the source of where I had the Question: https://nadler.house.gov/legislative-work/reading-roll-call-votes.htm
Edit:I have to further specify the Question: passed and agreed to are offical results of a vote (not decisions of people). It’s on the document of the office of the clark.
Thank you in advance.
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You have a group of people who agreed to vote to something.
You have a group of people who actually vote how they agreed.
Hopefully someone knows for sure, but it may have to do with “unanimous consent”, which is how they can do business without putting every single thing to a full vote. If something is expected to be noncontroversial, it can pass by unanimous consent, which basically means no one objected and insisted on a vote. So it’s possible that’s what “agreed” means in this context, but that’s just a guess.
I don’t know what it means and I had a hard time finding an answer googling it.
Perhaps it’s used for passing resolutions acknowledging people and things, versus passing bills that become laws. For instance, they might honor someone for a certain kind of service. Maybe they “agree to” that.
I believe amendments are *agreed to*, whereas bills are *passed*.
(That guide is out of date by the way, the Clerk’s website has been redesigned.)
u/CrownStarr and u/Hurts_My_Soul are both right, especially if you combine their answers. A A vote passed means the measure was introduced and placed up for a vote. This is usually reserved for a full measure ( bill, censure, appointment, conviction).
An agreement is usually reserved for amendments to existing measures or in cases of “unanimous consent”
Scenario: HR. 126 has come out of committee, it’s the Juice bill. It requires all juice to be labeled in 12pt font “Juice”. Rep Blowhard introduces an amendment to the bill that Juice must be written in Comic Sans. Before the bill can be voted on the amendment has to be agreed upon. and a ***vote of agreement*** is held- it passes 222-212. The house agreed that this amendment is now a part of the bill. The juice bill now says that juice must be in 12pt Comic Sans font. The debate on the floor is held and the Juice bill is ***voted*** on. the bill fails 530-5.