Sentences with phrase «by voice vote»

The extension approved by a voice vote in the House on March 14 will ensure that those programs are operated under current law until that date.

The Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act of 2017, signed by President Donald Trump in October, was passed by voice vote in the House and Senate, where dramatic statistics on elder fraud and abuse prompted overwhelming support for the legislation.

The bill was adopted by voice vote in subcommittee Wednesday, and will go next to the full committee.

«This Amendment defunds enforcement of the criminal penalty of the survey,» Poe explained in a statement after his amendment was adopted by a voice vote.

The legislation was passed by the House Financial Services Committee by a voice vote on May 22, 2014.

On Wednesday, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved its FY 2018 spending bill by voice vote.

The Senate Small Business Committee marked up and approved by a voice vote of 19 - 0 S. 1428, the Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2017,...

The changes were adopted unanimously by voice vote.

Brendan Carr, a Republican who is general counsel at the FCC and Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, were both confirmed by voice vote, bringing the five - member FCC to full strength and giving Republicans a 3 - 2 majority.

It passed on Monday by a voice vote in the House of Representatives.

The Intelligence Authorization Act passed overwhelmingly by voice vote in the House and by unanimous vote in the Senate.

Both Gillibrand and Schumer were unanimously placed on the ballot this morning by a voice vote, with no opponents even nominated.

The Senate commerce committee approved his nomination by a voice vote.

The election, which was conducted by voice votes, saw Barr Emeka Ibe returned as the state chairman of the party in an election conducted by the state congress committee, led by Emma China.

Washington, D.C. — Legislation to rename the Morrisania Post Office in the Bronx in honor of Puerto Rican trailblazer Herman Badillo (H.R. 1350) was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives today by voice vote.

Such bills usually pass by voice vote without debate, but Katko requested a recorded vote.

A last - minute amendment, approved by a voice vote Wednesday night, would effectively cut off $ 820 million over six years in public transportation aid to New York state.

In debate last night, the Senate agreed by voice vote to an amendment from Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania that would add an extra $ 6.5 billion to the $ 3.5 billion already proposed in the Senate's draft bill for the National Institutes of Health.

The House Education and Labor Committee last week approved by voice vote legislation to reauthorize — and reorganize — the Education Department's research branch, after rejecting a Republican effort to give the President authority to appoint the members of a new board that would set research policy.

In July 2013, the NEA affirmed its support for the Common Core standards by a voice vote but it did not endorse the tests.

When they finished, the rules were affirmed by voice vote and a stirring standing ovation.

The 64 - member board ratified the resolution by a voice vote during a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, said Shelton.

Sen. Hatch — whose state has taken a lead role in encouraging the use of open resources — and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D - Wis., sponsored the amendment, which was approved by a voice vote April 16.

«BY A VOICE VOTE SO THAT NO ONE WOULD NEED TO BE ON RECORD, the Connecticut House of Representatives confirmed Governor Malloy's nomination of Andrea Comer to serve a four - year term on the State Board of Education.

Under the measure, which passed by voice vote with Republicans audibly voting «no,» the Obama administration's signature education reform initiative would get $ 675 million in fiscal 2011 for another round of grants.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, The House Financial Services Committee passed HR 2446, The RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act by a voice vote.

The Senate bill (S. 915) was approved by voice vote by the Finance Committee on February 11, 2015.

The amendment was ultimately defeated by a voice vote that sounded like it represented at least two - thirds disapproval.

The bill was approved by the Financial Services Committee by a vote of 59 - 1, and on November 7, 2017, it passed the House of Reprsentatives by voice vote.

The House Financial Services Committee approved all the bills by a voice vote, with two sailing through without a single amendment.

Lastly, the three candidates for the State Supreme Court, Peter Mentone, Deborah James and Anil Sing, and Letitia James, candidate for Public Advocate were all endorsed unanimously by voice vote.

The Senate Small Business Committee marked up and approved by a voice vote of 19 - 0 S. 1428, the Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2017, sponsored by Senator Risch (R - ID), with cosponsors Senators Shaheen (D - NH), Kennedy (R - LA), Duckworth (D - IL), and Peters (D - MI).

Several non-controversial Democratic amendments were adopted by voice vote.

Her measure passed by voice vote, one of more than 100 amendments that had been offered in a session that lasted until 1 a.m. Thursday.

The science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved by voice vote a measure that would set new rules on how NSF builds and operates large new scientific facilities like NEON.

It had been approved by a voice vote, and opponents quickly insisted on reconsidering it, this time with a roll call to formally record how each senator voted.

The House passed it by voice vote on Sept. 16.

The committee rejected, by voice vote, a second Bingaman amendment to create a national net metering standard.

Committee Republicans defeated a number of Democratic amendments to alter the bills before sending them to the full House, but approved one (by voice vote) from Representative Alan Grayson (D — FL) that would bar all lobbyists from serving on EPA advisory panels.

The fiscal 2018 bill, approved by voice vote, would provide more funding than the Trump administration's request for many Department of Energy (DOE) offices but still would lead to deep cuts in energy programs if enacted.

By voice vote the legislators passed an amendment to a NSF funding bill for 2015 that says the agency can't spend any money next year on her project, part of a collaboration with former colleagues at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where Ahmed did a postdoc.

And he liked the idea of a research policy board so much that he inserted it into legislation (S. 2742) that his committee approved by voice vote this spring.

Senator Jesse Helms, the retiring 81 - year - old Republican conservative from North Carolina, slipped in the amendment to a farm bill at the last minute, and it was approved by a voice vote, which means no one's vote is on the record.

«The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 554, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009, by voice vote.

There was no recorded vote today; it passed by voice vote.

According to cleanrooms online: «The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 554, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009, by voice vote.

The Senate, by voice vote, has passed a bill that would end the ban on the teaching of secular humanism in programs funded by federal magnet - school money.

The bill was approved by a voice vote.

HR 751 The House last week approved by voice vote a bill that would authorize $ 140 million in new spending for literacy programs.