Sentence examples for a first procedural from inspiring English sources

A first procedural vote could be held on Friday or Saturday.

Mr. Bunning opposed the health care measure in a first procedural vote on Monday at 1 a.m., and he has issued several statements saying he is against it.

Mr. Reid scheduled a first procedural vote for Monday evening that will force Republicans to choose between starting debate or blocking the motion.

Democrats said they would to push for a first procedural vote on Monday, in what could be a serious test of Republican resolve.

In a first procedural step toward Senate debate, Mr. Reid on Tuesday night moved to put the House bill on the Senator calendar, from which he could call it up any time after Tuesday.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said that Ms. Lincoln's bill and the broader legislation sponsored by Mr. Dodd could be combined easily and that a first procedural vote could be held either late this week or early next.

A second procedural vote is set for Thursday, however, and the Democrats, who have been unable to win any concessions from the Republican leadership, are expected to drop their objections and allow the bill to pass.

A second procedural vote to change employee pensions will be required next month.

The ICG report said an second procedural tweak was made to reverse "an ill-advised decision to jointly tackle political and technical questions".

In a separate development, several senators including the government backbencher Cory Bernardi took the first procedural step towards a fresh attempt to amend the Racial Discrimination Act, prompting claims the timing was "insensitive".

On Thursday, the full Senate is scheduled to take its first procedural vote on a bill designed to keep guns out of criminal hands, more than three months after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn.