Yesterday night, the Senate approved an amendment that says the secret ballot can no longer be used when voting on presidential vetoes or when deciding if a legislator should be stripped of his or her congressional seat.
But secret ballots could still be used when deciding on the appointment of federal judges and ambassadors.
It was a watered down version of September's approval by the lower house of Congress that approved a measure that eliminated the secret ballot in all rulings made in federal, state and municipal legislatures.