"House erupts in chaos"
Small Business Owner of Any Repute:
Okay, this is weird. Democrats f-ed up a vote on illegal immigration by closing the voting while the GOP was ahead, and then f-ed even worse by making it so the vote never happened, it seems.
House erupts in chaos
August 3, 2007
In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions, Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them.
The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure and a distinct low for the sometimes bitterly divided chamber because members of one party have rarely, if ever, walked off the floor without casting a vote.
The rancor erupted shortly before 11 p.m. as Rep. Michael R. McNulty (D-N.Y.) gaveled close the vote on a standard procedural measure with the outcome still in doubt.
Details remain fuzzy, but numerous Republicans argued afterward that they had secured a 215-213 win on their motion to bar undocumented immigrants from receiving any federal funds apportioned in the agricultural spending bill for employment or rental assistance. Democrats, however, argued the measure was deadlocked at 214-214 and failed, members and aides on both sides of the aisle said afterward.
One GOP aide saw McNulty gavel the vote to a close after receiving a signal from his leaders — but before reading the official tally. And votes continued to shift even after he closed the roll call — a strange development in itself.
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When Democrats finally moved to consider the spending bill as the last vote of the night, furious Republicans left the chamber en masse to protest the maneuver. The House eventually recessed at 11:18 p.m. But Republicans quickly discovered that there was no longer any record of the controversial vote and immediately charged Democrats with erasing the bad result.
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The official House website did not show a record of the vote as of 1 a.m. Friday.
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opebo:
Haha, it is nice to hear of the Democrats treating those people the way they deserve! Rub their noses in it.
Ebowed:
Quote from: opebo on August 03, 2007, 07:45:37 PM
Haha, it is nice to hear of the Democrats treating those people the way they deserve! Rub their noses in it.
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Quote from: Ebowed on August 03, 2007, 07:54:36 PM
Quote from: opebo on August 03, 2007, 07:45:37 PM
Haha, it is nice to hear of the Democrats treating those people the way they deserve! Rub their noses in it.
^^^
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YRABNNRM:
Quote from: opebo on August 03, 2007, 07:45:37 PM
Haha, it is nice to hear of the Democrats treating those people the way they deserve! Rub their noses in it.
Do you have the same mindset with criminals?
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