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vote-a-rama

vote-a-rama noun: a session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.

Noun

vote-a-rama (plural vote-a-ramas)

  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

Forms of vote-a-rama

pluralvote-a-ramas
alternative formvotarama
alternative formvote-arama

Origin of vote-a-rama

From vote + -a- + -rama.

Questions about vote-a-rama

What does vote-a-rama mean?
Vote-a-rama means a session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
What part of speech is vote-a-rama?
Vote-a-rama is a noun.
What is the plural of vote-a-rama?
The plural of vote-a-rama is vote-a-ramas.

Words near vote-a-rama in the dictionary

  1. vote out
  2. vote shaming
  3. vote up
  4. vote with one's feet
  5. vote with one's wallet
  6. vote-a-rama
  7. vote-a-ramas
  8. vote-by-mail
  9. vote-catching
  10. vote-getter
  11. vote-getters

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