| Many of the despicable representatives don't even have the nuts to admit that they voted for it, since it was done in a voice vote. |
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| Democrats declined to push for a roll-call vote on the issue, allowing the Republican plan to pass on a voice vote. |
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| While the full Senate voted on him by a voice vote, there was heated debate over him on the Senate floor. |
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| The bill passed the House in a 261-161 voice vote, with 42 Democrats joining the Republican majority to support the measure. |
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| Senators approved the measure by a voice vote with only one minor change in the legislation approved by the House two weeks ago. |
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| We were just in the process of proceeding to a party vote when points of order were raised about the calling of the voice vote. |
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| The voice vote let lawmakers sidestep the roll call that usually accompanies major legislation. |
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| That's why the Senate, I think, did it on a voice vote yesterday so nobody had to be on record of voting for it. |
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| The Finance Committee approved the agreement by a voice vote, although it was closely divided on the issue. |
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| At a mass meeting of 4,000 teachers on Friday union members ratified a five-year contract by a unanimous voice vote. |
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| Instead, the Senate leadership used a voice vote procedure that did not require a quorum to pass. |
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| Last night, the Senate passed, by voice vote, a resolution issuing a formal apology for failing to pass federal anti-lynching laws. |
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| The Southeast Missouri congresswoman said several lawmakers were out of the room when the party leadership suddenly called for a voice vote on the issue. |
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| The justice critic just reminded me that at committee last week Liberals saved the bill when the Conservatives voted against it in a voice vote. |
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| In return the Canadian delegates promised that, since it no longer had an effect on Canada, they would not vote yea or nay in the voice vote. |
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| The minutes of the previous General Assembly which took place in Antwerp in 2006 were approved by voice vote. |
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| The measure that passed the Senate last week did so on a voice vote. |
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| Every question shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands or voice vote unless a poll be demanded by any member. |
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| It is requiring that routine business be submitted in written form instead of allowing the chamber to use a voice vote to take care of issues and move on to real business. |
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| According to the official site the amendment passed on a voice vote. |
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| In a panic reaction, the government placed a hastily drafted bill in the assembly which was passed soon after with a voice vote without any discussion. |
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| Senate Republicans have agreed to let the bill pass with a voice vote. |
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| The presiding officer, if he or she believes that the result of the voice vote is clear, may reject the challenge. |
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| A request for a vote by secret ballot may be made at any time prior to the adjournment of the meeting, even after the holding of a vote by a show of hands or a voice vote, and such a request may also be withdrawn. |
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| The vote shall be taken by voice vote or by a show of hands unless the chairman of the meeting or a director requests a secret ballot, in which case the vote shall be taken by ballot. |
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| By normal practice on a voice vote the Chair has not insisted or required that people be in their seats when they yell out their votes nor when they stand to indicate their interest in a recorded division. |
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| The vote can be made by a show of hands or by a voice vote. |
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| Joseph Votel will become the 10th commander of US Special Operations Command as the result of a voice vote by the Senate. |
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| But there's no official record of which committee members gave their blessing to this bill because the vote was a voice vote. |
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| Earlier, by a unanimous voice vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed his nomination to the full Senate for final confirmation. |
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| The Senate rejected the governor's alternative welfare reforms with a voice vote. |
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| This suggestion was adopted unanimously by voice vote. |
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| The Ceann Comhairle then gives his opinion as to the outcome of the voice vote. |
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| Acclamation was the simplest procedure, consisting entirely of a voice vote. |
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| The same day, the Senate confirmed Republican nominee Brian Hayes of Massachusetts by voice vote. |
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| The voice vote, or acclamation, is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. |
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| A voice vote is held to decide if a bill can progress through to the next stage. |
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| On 14 August 2014, Rajya Sabha passed National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 by a voice vote. |
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| Earlier it was passed in Lok Sabha on March 4, 2015, and then passed by the Rajya Sabha on 12 March 2015 by voice vote. |
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| On 30 April 2015, the Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill for 2015 by a voice vote. |
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| Then, the Speaker may either declare that his ruling on the voice vote stands, or proceed to a division. |
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| The Speaker then calls a voice vote to decide whether the bill should be allowed a second reading, which is when the bill is debated at a later date. |
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| The vote is first taken by voice vote, as is the case in Parliament. |
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| The voice vote is taken, and, if two Senators object, a division is held. |
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| The presiding officer then announces the result of the voice vote, but if his assessment is challenged by any Lord, a recorded vote known as a division follows. |
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| Lok Sabha passed the bill on Tuesday by voice vote, which proposes the formation of a new state of Telangana out of a united state of Andhra Pradesh. |
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| Lawmakers passed the bill Monday on a voice vote and without debate. |
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