wait for the voting result. we ll talk about some of the tone deaf comments made by members of the trump orbit. on this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 47. the motion is not agreed to. manu, quickly back over to you. 51-47 nine shy of that 60 vote threshold, so no dice, no surprise. reporter: and that s what we were expecting all along that this bill was going to go down because of democratic opposition. we do know that joe manchin is one who did vote for it. we ll see what the final vote tally, but all republicans will be expected to support that measure going forward.
yesterday in parliament. that no-confidence vote was a pretty dramatic moment. order! order! under the order of the house of today, i am now required to put the question. the question is that this house has no confidence in her majesty s government. as many of are that opinion, say aye. aye! of the contrary, no. no! clear the lobby. it is a little confusing, because you can hear the yeas and the nos screaming at the top of their lungs there. but the no s there, they were saying no, we want theresa may to stay as prime minister. we vote no on the no confidence motion. the double negative means yes, we vote yes for theresa may. theresa may ended up winning that confidence vote today. she won by a very slim margin. over 630 lawmakers voted. she prevailed by less than 20 votes in that no confidence
larry flynt was about to disclose that he had had an affair. the next morning, the speaker designate stunned a packed chamber of the house of representatives. bob livingston, who was presumed to be the next speaker, resigned on the floor. to the president you, sir, may resign your post. [ people murmuring ] and i can only challenge you in such fashion if i am willing to heed my own words. i cannot be the kind of leader that i would like to be under current circumstances. it was just a bizarre moment. it was like a bomb went off in the chamber. nobody expected that. he gave that very brief speech, and he walked right out the door. amid a shocked chamber, the house would press on. on this vote, the yeas are 228. the nays are 206. article i is adopted. the yeas are 221. the nays are 212.
and bob announced that larry flynt was about to disclose that he had had an affair. the next morning, the speaker designate stunned a packed chamber of the house of representatives. bob livingston, who was presumed to be the next speaker, resigned on the floor. to the president you, sir, may resign your post. [ people murmuring ] and i can only challenge you in such fashion if i am willing to heed my own words. i cannot be the kind of leader that i would like to be under current circumstances. it was just a bizarre moment. it was like a bomb went off in the chamber. nobody expected that. he gave that very brief speech, and he walked right out the door. amid a shocked chamber, the house would press on. on this vote, the yeas are 228. the nays are 206. article i is adopted. the yeas are 221.
the nays are 212. article iii is adopted. the adoption. at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very sober. a stunned congress and nation had just witnessed a day in washington unlike any other. it was a very, very serious and.and emotional day in many ways for a lot of people. and we were mesmerized by these events. you don t see a leader of the house of representatives go down on the same day a president is impeached very often. so, this was, you know, huge news. following the vote, president clinton addressed his supporters from the white house