The Democratic Renewal Party, which had brought the censure motion, saw its vote crumble.
The censure motion passed with 235 votes, four more than the minimum required by the Romanian Constitution.
Meanwhile, Mr Abhisit came under renewed pressure on Monday as the parliament debated a censure motion against him and several ministers.
Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romania's government collapsed Friday and a new prime minister was appointed after a censure motion filed by the opposition won approval in Parliament.
It is true that, unlike a censure motion against the cabinet or a minister in the lower house, a no-confidence vote in the upper house is non-binding.
Add, finally, the bungling of the House Republicans, first in ruling out the alternative of a censure motion and then in needling the Senate to be equally partisan.
Soon, though, the censure motion may leave Mr Noda no choice but to dissolve parliament, pushing him into an autumn election that polls suggest his ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will lose.
But a motion to censure Mr Mugabe was blocked by opposition from South Africa.
On December 17th, there's going to be a motion to censure Joe Lieberman.
Later, Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith wrote to Prime Minister Tony Blair urging him to give the opposition space next Tuesday so that it could debate a "motion of censure" against Mr Byers.
Although many lawmakers have been quoted as saying they believe a motion of censure rather than articles of impeachment would gain more votes in the House, the Republicans said the committee majority is following its own course and that there has been little if any coordination with the party leadership.
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