Sentences with phrase «voice vote in the house»

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.

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.

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Iriase said that e-voting would replace the regular voice vote being currently applied and forestall future controversies in the House, explaining that the method would promote accountability and transparency.

The House unanimously voted in support of the investigation as the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara put the motion to a voice vote.

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.

On Thursday, House Appropriations Committee approved the Milcon bill on a unanimous voice vote, following subcommittee approval earlier in the week.

The Shark Conservation Act passed by a House voice vote in March, and companion legislation is currently before the Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee.

In May 2015, on a voice vote, lawmakers approved a bipartisan bill (H.R. 1119) from the science committee that would simply create a working group within the interagency National Science and Technology Council within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to review existing federal policies.

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

House Education Committee Passes Special Needs ESA Bill February 26, 2015 by Grant Callen Today, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives passed The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act (SB 2695) on a voice vote.

But when a member is touched in any way, it is unacceptable,» Espy said, his voice booming from the rostrum on the House floor moments after the vote.

How you know her: Played main character Veronica in «Veronica Mars,» is Jeannie Van Der Hooven on «House of Lies,» voiced Anna in «Frozen,» and was voted PETA's «World's Sexiest Vegetarian» for 2006.

The resolution, which passed the state's house of delegates 96 - 0 and was approved by the State Senate in a voice vote, also traces the noble history of the rock.

The Division now elects three delegates to the ABA House of Delegates, our policy - making body, and these delegates will bring the perspective of solo and small firm practitioners to issues that affect the legal profession and their place in it, giving solo and small firm lawyers a voice and a vote.

H.R. 3211 passed the House in June of 2014 by voice vote.