Hits and Misses From the Senate’s Not-So-Late-Night Vote-A-Rama

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Hits and Misses From the Senate’s Not-So-Late-Night Vote-A-Rama

By Bian Elkhatib

Posted October 20, 2017 at 6:33pm

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Thursday night’s vote-a-rama had a few off-beat moments, including when senators reacted with cheers to a voice vote on an amendment to end vote-a-ramas.

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