Word: ayes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feel a sense of shame, even pity, for the "Senate 68" who voted aye on the Panama Canal treaty [May 1] in spite of the wishes of their constituents...
...vote on the second treaty is planned for the week of April 10. The second vote could be as cliffhanging as the first; half a dozen Senators who voted aye last week say they will not necessarily vote the same way again. The opponents vow to keep up the pressure. The fact that one treaty has been approved, however, makes it somewhat easier to pass the other. Moreover, the point has been made-and reinforced by the reservations-that the U.S. has the perpetual right to come to the defense of the waterway. A treaty solidly in the national interest...
...40th since the collapse of Fascism in 1943-to President Giovanni Leone. The deal will take effect when he asks parliament for a formal vote of confidence this week. For the first time in 31 years on such a vote, the Communists will stand up to say Aye. All parties made it clear that the arrangement was to continue only until the presidential elections at the end of this year...
...told. Often, when the House took up a bill, a committee chairman would spell out its provisions in debate to an almost empty chamber. Then, as the bells rang for a vote and members rushed into the chamber, the doorkeeper shouted the leaders' instructions to them, "The vote is aye, the vote is aye." Or, conversely...
...Aye, mate, she should hit hard in an hour or so, but you never can tell with these unpredictable ladies...