Making laws
roll-call vote
A recorded vote in which every member's yea or nay is public. The alternative, a voice vote, records only the outcome.
In full
Chambers decide most routine questions by voice vote, with no record of individual positions. A roll-call (recorded) vote puts every member on the record, by electronic device in the House and by calling the roll in the Senate. The Constitution requires recorded votes for veto overrides and lets one-fifth of members present demand one on any question.
Also written as: recorded vote
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