http://donklephant.com/2007/08/03/that-house-vote-dramedy/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/03/that-house-vote-dramedy/comment-page-1/#comment-380103 Jimmie Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:32:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/03/that-house-vote-dramedy/#comment-380103 It appears that the vote was finished - had been gaveled as such - and that the majority reopened voting, then erased the record of the old vote. Apaprently they knew they had messed up enough to issue somewhat of an apology but it was a breach of the rules and it does strike me as an order of magnitude beyond silly little parliamentary procedures games. There is bending the rules and there's breaking them. It appears the Democrats broke a big one last night. It appears that the vote was finished – had been gaveled as such – and that the majority reopened voting, then erased the record of the old vote. Apaprently they knew they had messed up enough to issue somewhat of an apology but it was a breach of the rules and it does strike me as an order of magnitude beyond silly little parliamentary procedures games. There is bending the rules and there’s breaking them. It appears the Democrats broke a big one last night.

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