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To: Huck
“What part of the Constitution is being violated?”

The part of Article 1 Section 7 which states, in painstaking detail, the actual logistical process on how a Bill becomes a Law. Each Bill will pass both chambers. By “Pass”, they mean the recorded vote of “Aye” or “Nay” next to each Members name during a recorded voting process. At which time, once all of those details are complete, it becomes a law with the President's signature.

The question is - is a Bill that has no recorded vote actually a “law” to be upheld? If they do not record a vote on the Senate Health Care Bill (and the actual Bill must be voted on - not have the Senate Bill rolled into another Bill, such as Rules Bill). Once they skip one of these steps which is specifically spelled out in the Constitution in order for a Bill to be come law, there seems to be a real question whether anyone needs to observe something like that as a “Law”. In fact, US Attorneys are duty bound to reject it by virtue of the fact it is NOT a law, according to the Law of the Land.

14 posted on 03/14/2010 8:21:59 AM PDT by antonico
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To: antonico

See #16.


17 posted on 03/14/2010 8:25:09 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if people follow. Otherwise, you just wandered off.)
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To: antonico
By “Pass”, they mean the recorded vote of “Aye” or “Nay” next to each Members name during a recorded voting process.

Where do you get that? It's not there. I simply says:

"Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States;" It doesn't specify how it gets passed. It's not in the text.

18 posted on 03/14/2010 8:26:05 AM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: antonico
How a bill becomes law
21 posted on 03/14/2010 8:29:20 AM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your Socialist Beat our Liberal)
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