get the floor

By working in sections, you can get the floor dry as quickly as possible.

“We have to get some of these tech bills to the floor so we can get the floor time to actually pass them,” Ms. Klobuchar said.

We’re trying to get the floor to expand for him.

Or, rather, to simply make it difficult for other voices to get the floor.

“The powers that be, in my opinion, were moving to try to get the floor closed,” McGathey said.