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When Vitter was in the House of Representatives he actually took calls from the DC Madam during roll call votes; later, Sen. Vitter expressed outrage over purported actions of the poverty group ACORN, where several staffers showed tolerance toward conservative operatives with a hidden camera who were pretending to be involved in prostitution.

Every past nominee to get a roll call vote since at least the Carter administration received 85 or more yes votes in the Senate, with the exception of Trump's first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, who got 56.

(d) When at the close of a roll call any candidate for nomination for President of the United States or Vice President of the United States has received a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the convention, the chairman of the convention shall announce the votes for each candidate whose name was presented in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this rule.

Casinos are designed to deprive you of your sense of time, so when the Connecticut Republicans started — for the first time since the 1960s, we were told — descending into multiple ballots for their gubernatorial nominee, with long, tedious roll calls followed by long, tedious, game - theory - driven vote switches, it seemed like their convention had dragged on late into the night.

Of 237 roll call votes in which four or more Republican House members voted against the majority of Republican members, Stefanik joined in splitting with the party 63 times, according to a Post-Star analysis of her 2016 voting record.

The IDC had previously called for votes on key liberal issues in the Senate through a «call the roll» campaign — indicating that even with a Democratic majority, the votes on concerns like abortion rights and campaign finance reform may not be there.

The ad, shared first with Roll Call, hits the congressman for voting against the 2010 health care law, opposing abortion rights and background check and same - sex marriage legislation.

The County Committee may vote to dispense with calling the names on the official roll at any meeting.

Maffei, whose «yes» vote help lose him the 2010 race, declined through a spokesman to discuss health care with Roll Call.

Of 237 roll call votes in which four or more Republican House members voted against the majority of Republican members, Rep. Elise Stefanik joined in splitting with the party 63 times, according to a Post-Star analysis of her 2016 voting record.

The paid sick day bill drumbeat rolled on today, with yet another press conference on the steps of City Hall calling for Council Speaker Christine Quinn to allow a vote on the legislation she has long bottled up.

If a member objects, the clerk must continue to call the roll of senators just as is done with a vote.

Josh Robin spoke with Governor Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the Democratic National Convention after Cuomo spoke on behalf of New York at the DNC roll call vote.

During the roll call yesterday, she asked for a moment to explain her vote, saying she respected Mark - Viverito's opponent for the speaker's post, Dan Garodnick, and looked forward to working with him in the future, but said for her the choice was clear:

On the roll call the bond was passed by a vote of 13 to 3 with one absentee, Legislator Sparaco.

With an allied majority in Congress during recent legislative sessions, the NEA has, not surprisingly, won more congressional roll call votes than they lost.

With Republican leaders realizing they did not have the votes to defeat the proposal, they did not ask for a roll call for members to cast recorded votes, Senate aides said.

From the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act and Student Aid & fiscal Responsibility Act roll calls, he voted along party lines (supporting the former and opposing the latter) which aligns with his self - proclaimed preference for limited federal interference in education.

The ALEC bill passed as H.B. 368 and S.B. 893, with 70 - 23 and 24 - 8 roll call votes, respectively.

1995 Reform Legislation (SB - 11 / Act 17), with legislative history and roll call votes.

Political science researchers had shown that similar techniques using roll - call vote data could predict the votes of members of Congress with 90 percent accuracy.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Ben Carson as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with a roll call vote of 58 - 41.