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To: Cboldt
Just found it.....But this was agreed to. I think this is it, I gotta find out more.


U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress - 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Harkin Amdt No. 1 )
Vote Number: 1 Vote Date: January 5, 1995, 11:31 AM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1 to S.Res. 14
Statement of Purpose: To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to permit cloture to be invoked by a decreasing majority vote of Senators down to a majority of all Senators duly chosen and sworn.
Vote Counts: YEAs 76
NAYs 19
Not Voting 5

158 posted on 04/27/2005 4:30:40 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA
Yep. That's it. Thanks for the link to Thomas and the Congressional Record.

I enjoyed the article in Harvard Law and Policy Review. It gave a good feel for the long-term dysfunctionality of the Senate, and Alice in Wonderland nature of parliamentary procedure in the Senate.

163 posted on 04/27/2005 4:41:37 PM PDT by Cboldt
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