Sentences with phrase «place by acclamation»
Democratic sources told CNN prior to the vote that it was to take place by acclamation.
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Indeed, the reason that Congress overwhelmingly passed RFRA in the first place (97 - 3 in the Senate, by acclamation in the House) was a disturbing Supreme Court decision in 1990, Employment Division v. Smith, which lowered the First Amendment's protections for religious liberty.