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vote-a-rama

noun

Etymology

From vote + -a- + -rama.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. formed as vote-a-rama — “vote + -a- + -rama”

Definitions

  1. A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United…

    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.

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