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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 Senate uses roll-call votes; a clerk calls out the names of all the senators, each senator stating "aye" or "no" when his or her name is announced. The House reserves roll-call votes for the election of the Speaker, as a roll-call of all 435 representatives takes quite some time; normally, members vote by electronic device.
WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with this week's roll call votes, the House also passed these bills: the Passport System Reform and ...
WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with this week's roll call votes, the House also passed these measures: the Securing the Cities ...
WASHINGTON - Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. In addition to roll call votes this week, the House also passed these bills by voice vote: the Supporting ...
During the vote for Speaker at the beginning of each Congress, or when the electronic voting system fails, the clerk calls the roll of members for a recorded vote. This article is part of a series on the
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 ...