There will be four separate votes on ratification; each of the factories on strike will hold separate votes for assembly line workers and for skilled craftsmen like electricians.
Ms. Pelosi said she would not allow separate votes on abortion or other controversial issues.
There are 538 electors, who cast separate votes for president and vice president.
The proposal will be considered by the House in three separate votes.
House Republicans say they will hold separate votes on the trade pact and the benefits program.
In two separate votes, divestment was defeated by a 2-to-1 ratio.
Would it take separate votes of both house, or a joint vote, to overrule his judgment?
Democrats want separate votes in hopes of rejecting Mr. von Spakovsky.
Democrats plan to propose separate votes for military and reconstruction money.
The Constitution was later amended to separate votes for president and vice president.
Henry Clay then skillfully led the forces of compromise, engineering separate votes on the controversial measures.
