Sentence examples for oral vote from inspiring English sources

The oral vote for the bill was unanimous after barely two hours of discussion in the assembly, where the religious alliance holds 67 of the 124 seats.

That amendment was approved by the Appropriations Committee chairman, Senator Joseph J. Crisco Jr., a Democrat from Woodbridge, despite an oral vote by committee members that appeared to defeat it.

An oral vote after the back-patting party debate was all yea and no nay, but the official vote was put off until the end of other business so a proper tally could be done and the broad bipartisan support of the bill put on the record.

Explanations of vote Oral explanations of vote (NL) Mr President, the Leinen report is yet further evidence of the pernicious system of self-service which this European Union is developing in all political parties.

After the oral arguments, the justices voted; it was five to four for overturning "separate but equal".

"Mr. Hancock, excuse me for interrupting you," he said to Paul Hancock of the state attorney general's office, who had opened the oral arguments in the vote-recount case.

(Parliament rejected the oral amendment) - Before the vote on Amendment 12: Mr President, our group wanted to request a roll-call vote on amendment 12, but unfortunately we failed to do so in time.

It's always difficult to predict, based on oral arguments, how justices will vote.

Prepare an oral presentation, including the criteria, voting protocol and past controversies and outcomes.

I would like to say, Mr President, that the oral amendment that we have voted on, which was proposed by Mr Landsbergis and which makes a lot of sense, should not in my view have been put to the vote before a vote on the amendment from the Greens.

At the oral argument in the Voting Rights Act case last month, the conservative justices were full of their own ideas about what would be good voting rights policy.