the part of a room or hall where members of a
law-making
body, etc.,
sit, and from which they speak. When someone or something is "on the floor," it is that which has the
right or privilege to speak or be spoken about.
the part of a room or hall where members of a
law-making
body, etc.,
sit, and from which they speak. When someone or something is "on the floor," it is that which has the
right or privilege to speak or be spoken about. When he says "
Yea" for a
bill on the
senate floor that authorizes a further indebtedness for the United
States. ..
-Basic Theory of CCHs (5 July 1957)