Hate Crimes Statistics Bill

[Yates]

Nay.

[WMS]

If the Foreign Aid Accountability Bill can be passed, so can this. Aye, although once again I don't feel strongly about it.

[Democratic Hawk]

Aye

'Hawk'

[Hatman 🍁]

Aye

[Bacon King]

Aye.

[Gabu]

Traditionally, the PPT waits 24 hours after an amendment's passing or failing to open a vote on the bill itself, because debate and voting on the amendment is considered to be posting relevant to the bill's content.  I find the speed with which this came to a vote after passing or failing (which all occurred during a period while I was away) to be rather sketchy, at best, given that I had every intention to introduce an amendment to get the GM to produce the figures that I had mentioned in this post.

As it currently stands, this bill will just let the attorney general completely make up the figures, which is entirely useless.  With that in mind, I must vote nay.

[MasterJedi]

Vote Tally

5 Aye (MasterJedi, Dave Hawk, WMS, EarlAW, Bacon King)
3 Nay (Keystone Phil, Yates, Gabu)


Peter Bell and CheeseWhiz left to vote!

[CheeseWhiz]

Nay

[Peter]

Lets give Q a vote:

Nay.

[MasterJedi]

And there you have it, it's a 5-5 tie! We await your vote Mr. Vice President Q.

[Q]

Thank you for this honor.

Nay

[MasterJedi]

This bill has enough votes to fail. Senators now have 24 hours to change their votes.

[MasterJedi]

With 5 Aye, 6 Nays and 0 abstentions this bill has failed.

[Colin]

With 5 Aye, 6 Nays and 0 abstentions this bill has failed.

I didn't know we had 11 Senators, Mr. President Pro Tempore.

[MasterJedi]

With 5 Aye, 6 Nays and 0 abstentions this bill has failed.

I didn't know we had 11 Senators, Mr. President Pro Tempore.

Q had to break the tie.