voice vote
noun
: a parliamentary vote taken by calling for ayes and noes and estimating which response is stronger
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Members of the House Public Service Subcommittee approved the measure by voice vote on Tuesday.
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Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
Some were confirmed by voice vote, with no formal roll call even required.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Yes, but: One health care provision that had been dropped from the original CR — which reauthorizes an NIH pediatric disease research initiative — passed the Senate by voice vote on its own shortly before the smaller CR was approved.
—Axios, 21 Dec. 2024
Consequently, the Senate OK'd most of the president's picks without even taking a recorded vote, simply confirming them by voice vote on the Senate floor — a sign that the selections faced no or extremely limited opposition.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
Some were confirmed by voice vote, with no formal roll call even required.
—Carl Hulse, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Yes, but: One health care provision that had been dropped from the original CR — which reauthorizes an NIH pediatric disease research initiative — passed the Senate by voice vote on its own shortly before the smaller CR was approved.
—Axios, 21 Dec. 2024
Consequently, the Senate OK'd most of the president's picks without even taking a recorded vote, simply confirming them by voice vote on the Senate floor — a sign that the selections faced no or extremely limited opposition.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Voice vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20vote. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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