floor vote
Legislative roll call
A floor vote is a vote taken by a full legislative chamber—the House or Senate floor—as opposed to a committee vote.
Bills that pass committee proceed to floor votes for final approval.
The term emphasizes that all members have the opportunity to participate: The bill survived committee but faces a tough floor vote.
- ballotVoting document
- yeaFormal vote assenting
- nayNegative vote
- tallyRecorded count
- roll callAttendance-taking procedure
quorum · simple majority · majority · amendment · motion · gavel · chamber · ayes · legislation · open debate · congressman · senator · debate · filibuster · cloture · house rules · passage · veto
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- votesballot, yea, nay, aye, tally
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- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
floor votecommittee vote
Collective decision by panel
markup session · committee hearing · backroom deal · executive session
floor votevoice vote
Oral yes-or-no tally
unanimous consent · gentleman's agreement · handshake deal · straw poll · non-binding resolution
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