voice vote
noun
: a parliamentary vote taken by calling for ayes and noes and estimating which response is stronger
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The House Armed Services Committee easily passed it in a voice vote in mid-July, though the bill is still working its way through Congress before it’s likely finalized later this year.
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Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
The bill passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 18, and is now on its way to the governor's desk.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 June 2025
In 2021, Biden signed into law a measure that made June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Called the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, the bill passed the House with overwhelming support and was approved by unanimous voice vote in the Senate.
—Melissa Quinn
june 19, CBS News, 19 June 2025
On Tuesday, during an unrelated hearing for an Oversight subcommittee, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) moved to direct the panel to authorize and issue a subpoena for Maxwell to appear for a deposition, which passed by voice vote.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
The bill passed in the Senate by voice vote on June 18, and is now on its way to the governor's desk.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 25 June 2025
In 2021, Biden signed into law a measure that made June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Called the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, the bill passed the House with overwhelming support and was approved by unanimous voice vote in the Senate.
—Melissa Quinn
june 19, CBS News, 19 June 2025
On Tuesday, during an unrelated hearing for an Oversight subcommittee, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) moved to direct the panel to authorize and issue a subpoena for Maxwell to appear for a deposition, which passed by voice vote.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 23 July 2025
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“Voice vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20vote. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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