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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts) Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:17 AM Jan 2013

Still watching the House on C-Span? They just passing legislation with nobody voting?

Check it out, watch it for about 2-3 minutes. They're going through them about once every 30 seconds or so.

C-Span

Is that's what's going on? Looks like it to me. Anyone?

PB

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Still watching the House on C-Span? They just passing legislation with nobody voting? (Original Post) Poll_Blind Jan 2013 OP

Yeah this is the 'phantom voice vote' last minute feel good resolution session. PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #1

Lame Generic Other Jan 2013 #2

Congress equivalent of NFL "garbage time" ...just running up numbers to add to the "passed bills " pkdu Jan 2013 #3

Whatever passes (or fails) in The House will show up on the link below Tx4obama Jan 2013 #4

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. Yeah this is the 'phantom voice vote' last minute feel good resolution session.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:18 AM

Jan 2013

(oops, someone just asked for a recorded vote).

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)

2. Lame

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:18 AM

Jan 2013

In the opinion of the chair 2/3 voted in the affirmative...

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

3. Congress equivalent of NFL "garbage time" ...just running up numbers to add to the "passed bills "

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:20 AM

Jan 2013

column.

Gotta justify that pay-raise somehow , dontcha.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

4. Whatever passes (or fails) in The House will show up on the link below

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 12:26 AM

Jan 2013

Here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/index.asp

I know that some stuff that The Senate passes is by 'unanimous consent' arranged ahead of time - I don't know if The House does that or not.

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