nay
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On Tuesday the House and Senate passed the Epstein files bill with only one nay vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The fans are going wild, the naysayers are saying nay and the rest of us are left holding the bag.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
On one vote, Lindsey Graham, distracted in conversation with Cory Booker, voted aye when he meant to vote nay.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2024
A final proposal is expected to be put to them and it was a "yay or nay" time, a DUP source told BBC NI.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
There was no fire burning, nay, not even a hearth where it could burn.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
“With 18 ayes and 11 nays, House Bill 4 has finally passed,” Patrick said, striking the gavel one last time.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2025
He drew vocal reactions — yeas and nays, amens and laughs – from the friendly room.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Feijoo will need the support of 176 lawmakers out of the lower house's 350 deputies to clinch the premiership, or, failing that, a simple majority of more yeas than nays in a second vote.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2023
Sitting in the gallery that overlooks the Senate floor, lobbyists pulled out ballpoint pens to track the yeas and nays.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
The Committee on Territories reported a bill to that effect, which was rejected on the 30th of June by a vote of yeas 106, nays 107.
From History of American Abolitionism by F. G. de Fontaine
