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Floor vote

House vote #296

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Expressing the sense of Congress opposing the President’s proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil

Passed Congress 114 · Session 2 Jun 10, 2016 · 4:58 PM  HCONRES 112
PASSED
253–144
+109 margin
Democrats
23 143
Republicans
230 1
Majority threshold YES 253 144 NO
397 members voted · 37 present/absent Passed by 109 votes
Crossed the aisle 11

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

Democratic Voted NAY (66 against, 11 for) — but 11 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.