Vote-a-rama

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate. US

    "What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into a round-the-clock slog as Republican leaders were buying time to shore up support."

Example

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"What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into a round-the-clock slog as Republican leaders were buying time to shore up support."

Etymology

From vote + -a- + -rama.

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