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Unanimous consent is frequently used to approve the minutes. [14] If no one has corrections to the minutes, they are approved without a formal vote by unanimous consent. [17] In this special case of unanimous consent, the only way to object to the approval of the minutes is to offer a correction to it. [17]
However, unanimous consent may not necessarily be the same as a unanimous vote (see Not the same as unanimous vote). [2] In either case, it does not take into account the members who were not present. In contrast, a United Nations Security Council resolution is not considered "unanimous" if a member abstains. [3]
To simplify the process, with the support of the committee, the Senate by unanimous consent can discharge a nomination from the committee without the committee having acted. [11] It is then up to the leadership of the Senate to place the nomination on the Senate calendar for a vote in executive session. Some nominations are passed by unanimous ...
Bender added that he isn’t aware of any action that would require a unanimous vote from the council. If a majority vote would suffice for the release of the report, the council is already ...
A division vote (taken by having each side stand) is rare in the Senate, but may be requested by any senator or ordered by the presiding officer if the outcome of the voice vote is doubtful. [25] Like the voice vote, a division does not provide a record of how each senator voted. The chair announces the result of a division vote.
The last justice to be confirmed by a unanimous vote was Anthony Kennedy, 97–0, in 1988; the last to receive a two-thirds majority was Sonia Sotomayor, 68–31, in 2009. [77] The Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 by a razor-thin 50–48–1 (51.02% favorable) margin that broke along party lines.
Before year's end, three state legislatures voted in favor of ratification. Delaware was first, voting unanimously 30–0; Pennsylvania second, approving the measure 46–23; [66] [67] [68] and New Jersey third, also recording a unanimous vote. [69]
A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The ...