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vote-a-rama en · NOUN

Etymology

From vote + -a- + -rama.

Meanings

1. (US) A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
   • 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. 2025 July 1, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, “Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Senate by tie-breaking vote”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

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