Sentence examples for swift vote from inspiring English sources

He is invoking a Senate rule that allows any member to block a swift vote on a bill.

The abbreviated session further reinforced suspicions that the whole exercise is really aimed at getting a swift vote this year on term limits and nonpartisan elections.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts liberal whom Republicans love to vilify, is planning a swift vote on increasing the minimum wage.

"One of the reasons to change the United States Senate is to make sure the good judges I nominate get a fair hearing, a swift vote and approval," he said three weeks ago at an event of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

A14 Digging In on Campaign Finance A Senate confrontation over changing the campaign finance law appeared likely after one Republican, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, blocked the measure from coming to a swift vote, and there were hints that another Republican planned further delaying tactics.

"We are ready to work with you to ensure a swift vote on this nomination, and we hope you will schedule a floor vote without further delay," it concludes.

After a campaign year that has focused largely on local issues like drought and the farm bill, Mr. Thune, in a speech to Rotary members on Monday, called for a swift Congressional vote to support the president on Iraq without waiting for the United Nations.

Republican leaders, who have disavowed Cruz and his fellow hardliners, had hoped that they might be able to ensure a swift Senate vote so that they had time to avoid a government shutdown when the legislation is passed back to the House of Representatives for a final showdown before Monday night's deadline.

ABC's telecast of the American Music Awards — where Ms. Swift was voted artist of the year by fans — had more than 12 million viewers, slightly up from last year.

The committee's response was swift: a unanimous vote to reject her.

But it's unclear whether this process will win the Republicans a swift and painless vote on the AHCA, as they hope it will, in the end.