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Floor vote

House vote #295

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy

Passed Congress 114 · Session 2 Jun 10, 2016 · 4:50 PM  HCONRES 89
PASSED
237–163
+74 margin
Democrats
6 163
Republicans
231
Majority threshold YES 237 163 NO
400 members voted · 34 present/absent Passed by 74 votes
Crossed the aisle 2

Members who voted against their own party's majority position. What does this mean?

Democratic Voted NAY (77 against, 2 for) — but 2 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.