roll call
n.
- The reading aloud of a list of names of people, as in a classroom or military post, to determine who is present or absent.
- The time fixed for such a reading.
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Roll-call votes require a formal record of the presence and vote or abstention of each member of a legislature, traditionally by calling out each name, but increasingly through the use of electronic recording devices. Roll-call analysis seeks to identify voting blocs within legislatures where partisanship is a poor predictor of voting behaviour.
— Wyn Grant
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
calling out an official list of names
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| Type | Periodical newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | The Economist Group |
| Publisher | Laurie Battaglia |
| Editor | Charlie Mitchell |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Political allegiance | Nonpartisan |
| Headquarters | 50 F Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20001 |
| Circulation | 18,000 |
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| Website: http://www.rollcall.com/ | |
Roll Call is published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess. It provides its readers with news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, it features Washington, D.C., analysts such as Morton Kondracke, Stuart Rothenberg, and Norman J. Ornstein, and political coverage of Congressional elections across the country. RollCall.com, the online version of the newspaper features breaking news stories and daily e-mail alerts.
Roll Call Group, of which the newspaper is the flagship publication, also operates GalleryWatch, an online legislative tracking service, and CongressNow, an online newsletter covering policy and legislation on Capitol Hill.
Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano (R-Conn.), Roll Call is now a member of The Economist Group. Other members of the Group include The Economist, CFO and European Voice.
Every issue, 11,500 copies of Roll Call are delivered to Congress and 400 copies are delivered to the White House free of charge.
(as of July 1, 2007)
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