All but four House Republican leaders who were in the chamber at the time of passage voted for that resolution.
Another passage: "Electors vote on general considerations of policy, which they cannot understand, since the facts are not fully before them.
Malcolm Turnbull has labelled the passage of voting change legislation "historic" after an epic, days-long debate on changing the Senate voting system concluded.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Heather Steans, a Chicago Democrat, said that she had the 30 votes for passage, but a vote on Thursday was called off because some Democrats were absent, the legislative equivalent of seniors cutting class in finals week.
The first is mathematical: Currently, Democrats hold 59 seats in the upper house, a solid majority but not enough to sidestep a Republican filibuster that would kill hopes for the bill's passage (60 votes are needed to invoke cloture, which would override a filibuster attempt).
A key to Senate passage was a vote earlier in the week to overcome a filibuster, by a two-vote margin.
The bipartisan measure, which had appeared to have a strong chance of passage, received 55 votes before Mr. Reid changed his vote to "no" to preserve the parliamentary right to bring the measure up again.
Even counting the three Senate Democrats who were not present for the vote, passage was one vote shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto.
Such a move would help secure their passage, because a vote against the measures would risk bringing down the government.
