Comments on: Addressing Internet Rumors About Reversing Cap and Trade Vote

By: Achance

Achance — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:02:52 +0000

we can see how fast San Fran Nan is with the old “Hearing no objection …” ploy. I think you can ask for a division of the house on that and can force everybody to vote on the objection. It’s gameplaying, but can be effective.

By: Achance

Achance — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:00:18 +0000

http://www.redstate.com/congressman_pete_sessions/2009/06/25/our-goal-is-to-retire-nancy-pelosi-by-electing-republicans-who-represent-your-values-in-government/#comment-28

Though I don’t know US House rules well enough to know just how you do it. I do know that you must have been in the majority voting for passage or not, i.e., the successful side, to move to reconsider your vote. It is a good strategy to bring pressure on wavering members. That said, I think the majority has lots of votes to spare; they just let a lot of so-called Blue Dogs go once they got the Quislings. If they do get a reconsideration vote, they’ll have to enforce some caucus discipline, something totally unfamiliar to collegial Republicans.

By: Swamp_Yankee

Swamp_Yankee — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:20:51 +0000

I thought some of the far right sites were being loonie. But I got a couple emails from some credible sources.

No clue what this stuff is about:

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/

By: civil_truth

civil_truth — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:13:38 +0000

…and if so, what is the time limit to make such a motion – and is that what the July 2nd date relates to?

By: Karina

Karina — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:17:44 +0000

But I haven’t found a definate answer in my searching yet either. I’d be very interested to know if someone has come up with anything.