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The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will extend government funding until March 14.
The Senate is set for an overnight marathon voting session Thursday, known as a vote-a-rama, as Republicans look to clear a key hurdle in delivering on President Trump’s legislative agenda. The ...
In the Senate, Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees sailed through their floor votes Wednesday. Tulsi Gabbard won confirmation as the director of national intelligence in a 52-48 vote ...
The Senate website lists 61 vote-a-ramas that have occurred since 1977, defined as "legislation the Senate voted on 15 or more times in one day". The one with the most roll call votes (44) was the budget resolution of March 13, 2008. [9]
Roll Call is the flagship publication of CQ Roll Call, which also operates: CQ (formerly Congressional Quarterly), publisher of a subscriber-based service for daily and weekly news about Congress and politics, as well as a weekly magazine. Roll Call's regular columnists are Walter Shapiro, Mary C. Curtis, Patricia Murphy, and Stuart Rothenberg.
The three means of voting in the Senate are voice, division, and "the yeas and nays" (recorded votes or roll-call votes). [25] On a voice vote, the presiding officer first asks those in favor to say "aye", and then opposed to say "no". [25] The presiding officer then announces who appeared to win the vote ("The ayes [noes] appear to have it ...
The Social Security Fairness Act cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday, soaring past the 60 votes it needs to advance by a vote of 73-27. This puts the legislation on a glide path toward final ...
Of these, 11 nominees were rejected in Senate roll-call votes, 11 were withdrawn by the president, and 15 lapsed at the end of a session of Congress. Six of these unsuccessful nominees were subsequently nominated and confirmed to seats on the Court. [3]