Chapter 10 - Debate
Question
put
When senators who
wish to speak in a debate have done so, the President puts the question to the
Senate and the Senate votes on the question. The putting of the question by the
President ends the debate (SO 200).
In putting the
question the President calls for the ayes and noes, and declares the chair’s
opinion of the result by declaring whether the ayes or the noes have it. This
opinion may be challenged by two or more senators who are in the minority as
declared by the chair by calling “divide”, and a vote by division then ensues
(see Chapter 11, Voting and Divisions).
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