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Skriven 2007-08-04 01:21:22 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 29384 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: What the hell happened in the House last night?
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Mimi Gallandt -> All wrote:
 MG> It's a little long, but I didn't see anything I could have cut out:

 MG> What the hell happened in the House last night?
 MG> By Michelle Malkin  o  August 3, 2007 10:15 AM Remember?

 MG> "This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most
 MG> ethical Congress in history" - Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),
 MG> Press Release, November 16, 2006

 MG> And now, watch via Rep. Eric Cantor:

 MG> In a massive flare-up of partisan tension, Republicans walked out on a
 MG> House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be
 MG> Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for the
 MG> majority party. The flap represents a complete breakdown in
 MG> parliamentary procedure and an unprecedented low for the historically
 MG> divided chamber. The rancor erupted shortly before 11 p.m. as Rep.
 MG> Michael R. McNulty (D-N.Y.) gaveled close the vote on a standard
 MG> procedural measure with the outcome still in doubt. Details remain
 MG> fuzzy, but numerous Republicans argued afterward that they had secured
 MG> a 215-213 win on their motion to bar undocumented immigrants from
 MG> receiving any federal funds apportioned in the agricultural spending
 MG> bill for employment or rental assistance. Democrats, however, argued
 MG> that the measure was deadlocked at 214-214 and failed, members and
 MG> aides on both sides of the aisle said afterward.

 MG> One GOP aide saw McNulty gavel the vote to a close after receiving a
 MG> signal from his leaders - but before reading the official tally. And
 MG> votes continued to shift even after he closed the vote - a strange
 MG> development in itself. Whatever the final tally, acrimony quickly
 MG> exploded between lawmakers on either side of the aisle as Democratic
 MG> leaders tried to plot a solution while parliamentarians on either side
 MG> argued over protocol. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)
 MG> eventually offered a motion to reconsider, according to floor staff on
 MG> either side, ostensibly giving members a chance to recast their votes.

 MG> But the maneuver sparked a chorus of angry protests from the
 MG> Republican side of the chamber, with members yelling "Shame" at the
 MG> party in power, while Democrats returned fire with angry volleys of
 MG> their own. When Democrats finally moved to consider the spending bill
 MG> as the last vote of the night, Republicans left the chamber en masse
 MG> to protest the maneuver, furious with what had transpired. The House
 MG> eventually recessed at 11:18, but Republicans quickly discovered that
 MG> there was no longer any record of the controversial vote and
 MG> immediately charged Democrats with erasing the bad result. "Obviously,
 MG> the Democrats don't want to stand up against illegal immigration - so
 MG> much so that they're willing to cheat in order to win a vote," Rep.
 MG> Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said in an e-mail. "They're desperate - and
 MG> it shows."


 MG>
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/03/what-the-hell-happened-in-the-house-last-night/




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