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In addition to the week's roll call votes, the Senate also confirmed, by voice vote, the nomination of Herro Mustafa Garg to be ambassador to Egypt. ... and "the language we are voting on today ...
WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed these measures: the Justice for Murder Victims ...
The vote, on Dec. 5, was 50 yeas to 50 nays, with Vice President Harris casting a 51st yea vote. NAYS: Tillis R-NC, Budd R-NC. Senate Vote 3: AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA: The Senate has confirmed the ...
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 last time a roll call vote on a nomination was unanimous was that of Anthony Kennedy on February 3, 1988. [ 3 ] The first of the eleven roll call votes to result in a rejection of a nomination was the December 15, 1795 vote on the nomination of John Rutledge for chief justice, and the most recent time was the October 23, 1987 vote on the ...
Members of the House use the same electronic system as is used for voting to register their presence; in the Senate, one of the clerks will read out a roll call of senators, who indicate their presence when called. In fact, if any Senator "suggests the absence of a quorum", the Presiding Officer must direct the roll to be called. For practical ...
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed, by voice vote, a resolution (S. Res. 418) condemning Hamas and antisemitic student activities on college campuses in the U.S.
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.