Comments on: The Joke’s On Them… http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: RHJ http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 RHJ Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:35:35 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6347 The reason why they can do business like this is the same reason they have the filibuster. The Senate is not a body governed by majority rule, but a body ruled by consent. If the Dems really didn't want this thing to pass they could have sent someone down to request a quorum call, but they didn't. Reid's smart enough to know this makes the GOP look bad. The reason why they can do business like this is the same reason they have the filibuster. The Senate is not a body governed by majority rule, but a body ruled by consent. If the Dems really didn’t want this thing to pass they could have sent someone down to request a quorum call, but they didn’t. Reid’s smart enough to know this makes the GOP look bad.

]]> By: Becky http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6346 Becky Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:52:26 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6346 The irony seems to be on all of us. It seems Terri's heart stopped in 1990 as the result of low potassium brought on by her eating disorder. Eating disorder patients are obsessed with body image and I would expect her to object to her current existence if she could. Her husband is finishing the job she started 15 years ago. The irony seems to be on all of us. It seems Terri’s heart stopped in 1990 as the result of low potassium brought on by her eating disorder. Eating disorder patients are obsessed with body image and I would expect her to object to her current existence if she could. Her husband is finishing the job she started 15 years ago.

]]> By: E-Rock http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6345 E-Rock Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:55:25 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6345 That's the thing. The quorum is <i>assumed</i> until someone challenges it, and who was going to challenge it in this case? If a Senator had <i>really</i> wanted to stop the Senate's approval, he or she could've shown up and asked for a quorum call, right? <i>All</i> of Congress knew what was going on the other night! Yeah, theoretically, the Senate could've gone on and on doing stuff the other night, but what else were they really going to do? The fix was in. That’s the thing. The quorum is assumed until someone challenges it, and who was going to challenge it in this case? If a Senator had really wanted to stop the Senate’s approval, he or she could’ve shown up and asked for a quorum call, right? All of Congress knew what was going on the other night!

Yeah, theoretically, the Senate could’ve gone on and on doing stuff the other night, but what else were they really going to do? The fix was in.

]]> By: SP http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6344 SP Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:01:02 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6344 I was thinking the same thing, a quorum call is required to confirm or refute whether there is a quorum. However, that can't be right, because that would allow three people (the chair and two members, motions need a second) to pass anything they want by voice vote because a quorum call has to be moved by a member present, and if they want to get away with passing things they won't make such a motion. There must be some exception, I doubt no one's thought of that in 200 years. I was thinking the same thing, a quorum call is required to confirm or refute whether there is a quorum. However, that can’t be right, because that would allow three people (the chair and two members, motions need a second) to pass anything they want by voice vote because a quorum call has to be moved by a member present, and if they want to get away with passing things they won’t make such a motion. There must be some exception, I doubt no one’s thought of that in 200 years.

]]> By: kamachanda http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6343 kamachanda Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:42:31 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6343 WQAD InstaPoll Should lawmakers intervene in the Terry Schiavo case? Thank you for participating in our poll. Here are the results so far. Yes 8% No 92% OK, it's just a local tv news instant poll, of course I live in a "blue" state. WQAD InstaPoll
Should lawmakers intervene in the Terry Schiavo case?
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OK, it’s just a local tv news instant poll, of course I live in a “blue” state.

]]> By: E-Rock http://www.thetalentshow.org/2005/03/21/the-jokes-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-6342 E-Rock Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:32:37 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=1664#comment-6342 I don't think it's as simple as that. I think that in the Senate, it is assumed there is a quorum unless someone objects, at which point Seante does a roll call. If, however, they assume there is a quorum and do a voice vote to approve the measure then I think it's a strain on the Senate's rules, but I think it counts. Of course, I'm no constitutional scholar, so feel free to take that with a grain of salt. I don’t think it’s as simple as that. I think that in the Senate, it is assumed there is a quorum unless someone objects, at which point Seante does a roll call. If, however, they assume there is a quorum and do a voice vote to approve the measure then I think it’s a strain on the Senate’s rules, but I think it counts. Of course, I’m no constitutional scholar, so feel free to take that with a grain of salt.

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