Excitement On CSPAN?
August 6th, 2007 by
Editor: Scott
It’s extremely rare, but it does happen on occasion. Thanks to YouTube you can see the fun few minutes without the drool inducing hours of in-between. These clips occurred after the Republicans won a close vote to bar illegal immigrants from receiving any federal funds apportioned in the agricultural spending bill for employment or rental assistance. Shortly after the final vote was gaveled and the outcome announced, there was a small hubbub and a new tally was announced: victory Democrats.
The swing came from a few votes that were “missed” in the first tally. Now since the House exists to take and tally votes, one can only point to incompetence or ethical issues in this Democratically run congress.
The sad part is that this vote was motion to send this back to committee (with a Democratic majority), so it amounts to a stalling technique from the Republicans (though if legislation gets delayed enough it tends to get tabled). The Democrats in committee could have made minor changes and brought it back out for another vote, though I guess you could argue skipping that process is more efficient.
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