The above is exactly how both Houses have always taken a voice vote and declared the winners. All without ever recording who shouted what.Article I, Section 5, Clause 3
Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Just in case you were wondering, ganai.
Because the progressive left know better than us plebes how to manage our lives. (I should now ban myself for this partisan political statement.)Harry said:Why is this happening?
Seriously, though, this is being done in this manner because the House leadership knows that they do not have enough votes to pass the Senate bill on its own merit. Does anyone seriously think that the Senate is going to allow the House to gut their own bill by amending it with the reconciliation bill?
It has been brought out a couple of hours ago, that this reconciliation bill, is a direct replacement for everything in the Senate bill.