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To: Carry_Okie

Quorum relates to absenteeism. Who was absent? and what are you anticipating?


57 posted on 04/04/2013 7:14:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Quorum relates to absenteeism. Who was absent? and what are you anticipating?

Treaties have been ratified with NO record of a quorum, by voice vote "in the opinion of the chair, two thirds of the Senators approve." It's been done, more than once, without any record of a committee vote.

If you are willing to hang your freedom on the vain hope that Harry Reid won't pull a procedural stunt like that, I've got bad news for you.

The article is selling a false sense of security. It fails to warn of the hazard. This is a flaw in the Constitution about which Patrick Henry had a fit. Nobody fixed it. And by the way, if you think Obama's signature on the treaty is meaningless, then all I can say is that it's worse than you think.

59 posted on 04/04/2013 7:24:19 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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