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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 06:15 PM
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New York Lawmaker Claims He Gets Two Votes
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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/17/new_york_lawmaker_claims_he_gets_two_votes.html

New York Lawmaker Claims He Gets Two Votes


New York state Sen. Pedro Espada told the New York Post that he and his Republican allies "are forging an explosive new plan to give him an unprecedented two votes to break the newly emerged deadlock in the state Senate."

Said Espada: "I can have two votes. We're going to maintain that, as the president pro tempore of the Senate, I am also the acting lieutenant governor, and the lieutenant governor can vote when there's a tie."

"Legal experts say there are no known examples where a member of the 62-seat Senate was allowed to cast two separate votes on the same action."
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 06:17 PM
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1. He sounds like a real dickhead, except one cannot use his smaller head as a spearate identity
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 06:54 PM
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2. hush, or you'll get them to think there's a reason to give him two more votes!
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 07:23 PM
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3. How Republican is that?!
...he and his Republican allies "are forging an explosive new plan to give him an unprecedented two votes...
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cagesoulman Donating Member (648 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 07:24 PM
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4. One for each of his fucking brain cells
Dumbass.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 07:28 PM
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5. If anybody should get two votes
It should be Sen. Klobuchar from Minnesota.
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 07:33 PM
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6. Good point, but this the NY State Senate
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