vote-a-rama

English

Alternative forms

  • votarama, vote-arama

Etymology

From vote +‎ -a- +‎ -rama.

Noun

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

  1. (US politics) A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
    • 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:
      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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