The presiding officer sometimes uses the gavel of the Senate to maintain order. The unique gavel of the United States Senate has an hourglass shape and no handle. The expression "passing the gavel" signifies an orderly succession from one chair to another. Improper uses include banging the gavel in an attempt to drown out a disorderly member. The gavel shattered, stunning the legislators. The speaker uses a gavel to maintain order. British judges do not use a gavel. In 1976, he won the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International. Henry Waxman of California replaced Davis at the gavel. In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Gavel by Toastmasters International. A gavel may be used in meetings of a deliberative assembly. He then gavelled the meeting to a close and walked out with the gavel. Court TV currently shows gavel to gavel live trial coverage during the day. The other Neo-Gothic statues decorate the portal of the east gavel.