“July 30, 2009 Roll call number 680 in the House
Question On Passage: H R 2749 Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Ayes: 283 (Democrat: 229; Republican: 54)
Nays: 142 (Democrat: 20; Republican: 122)
Abstained: 8 (Democrat: 6; Republican: 2)
Required percentage of ‘Aye’ votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of ‘aye’ votes: 65%
Result: Passed”
There was an article posted the other day that said it needed a 2/3 majority to pass, therefore it didn’t pass. Wonder which is correct.
>>>There was an article posted the other day that said it needed a 2/3 majority to pass, therefore it didn’t pass. Wonder which is correct.<<<
The Good R’s maneuvered it into the 2/3 vote status and it failed.
Then the Good R’s tried to Recommit without Instructions which failed (that would have killed the bill)
D’s tried to Recommit With Instructions which also failed (that would have sent it back to committee with instructions to do certain things)
Then D’s moved to Reconsider - Passed without objection
Then under a deal, they passed an amendment which moderated a bit on small farms (but not really making it ironclad) and added a clause to require FDA to hear Organic movements thoughts. (All the other #$%^& is still there)
Finally they Voted with only majority required and it passed.
Oh what tangled webs they weave ....... (you know the rest)
I equate it to a huge pile of toxic waste that they ‘enhanced’ by placing one rose on top of it and declared it sweet and pure!
Details available for one week at:
http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html