Ed Hulett -> John Massey wrote:
 EH> John Massey -> Ross Sauer wrote:
 JM>> Ross Sauer -> John Massey wrote:
 >>>>> I've seen now Bob, what the GOP strategy is for 2008.
 >>>>> First off, a bill that would have funded recounts in disputed
 JM>> elections
 >>>>> died in the House after republicans voted to refuse
to allow it to
 EH> the
 >>>>> floor for a vote.

 >>>> The Democrats hold the House.

 RS>>> A 2/3rds majority was needed for this bill.

 RS>>> When New Jersey Democratic Rep. Rush Holt?s Emergency Assistance for
 RS>>> Secure Elections Act came up for a vote in the House Administration
 RS>>> Committee on April 2, the Republicans on the committee gave it their
 RS>>> unanimous support. But two weeks later, those same Republican members
 RS>>> voted against moving the bill to the House floor. It would have
 JM>> taken a
 RS>>> two-thirds vote to push the bill to the floor; with most House
 RS>>> Republicans opposed, the bill didn?t make it that far.

 JM>> I checked

 JM>> Apr 15, 2008: This bill failed in the House of Representatives by roll
 JM>> call vote. The vote was held under a suspension of the rules to cut
 JM>> debate short and pass the bill, needing a two-thirds majority. The
 JM>> totals were 239 Ayes, 178 Nays, 14 Present/Not Voting.

 JM>> SO it did make it to the Floor for a vote by the full house.

 EH> Watch Sauer go silent on this.

Or he will just blame those nasty fake Republicans for not voting with a
great bunch of Democrats just trying to do the right thing.

If we are lucky, he will go silent.

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