gavelling

Whether he's questioning someone in a committee on what's in the Constitution, or gleefully gavelling Joe Lieberman to silence, it's a safe bet that you'll see it later on the evening news.

Chris Weigant: My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] 2010

The women in my life, when discussing Palin's choices, see a clear distinction between Barak's two daughters, who are well out of the hourly care age and clearly able to cogitate on some level, including gavelling in the convention.

Election Central Saturday Roundup 2009

Vice President Al Gore gavelling them all down as they came up to the podium.

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Congressional Black Caucus Protests Electoral Vote Count - January 6, 2001 2001

And speaking of crooks, the auctioneer was gavelling again.

The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

Clive Hayden: I'm gavelling the discussion pertaining to the age of the earth.

Uncommon Descent 2010

The House passed a nonbinding resolution on Monday calling on boards of regents to limit tuition increases to 3.95 percent or $280 a year, but it fizzled when the Senate didn't bother to take up the measure before gavelling the legislative session to a close.

Statesman - AP Sports 2009

Only by gavelling the document through a plenary session, to the fury of developing nations who said they had been ignored, was the UN able to stop the "Copenhagen Accord" from being strangled at birth.

Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

The House passed a nonbinding resolution on Monday calling on boards of regents to limit tuition increases to 3.95 percent or $280 a year, but it fizzled when the Senate didn't bother to take up the measure before gavelling the legislative session to a close.

Statesman - AP Sports 2009