Posted on 09/25/2008 11:11:49 AM PDT by james500
A special bipartisan House committee has found that Democrats incorrectly closed a vote on the House floor last in August 2007 which would have resulted in Republicans prevailing on an immigration issue.
The committee...led by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Mike Pence (R-IN) found that "the vote tally of 212 yeas and 216 nays that was finally announced was incorrect. It is either 215 yeas and 213 nays, which would have reflected the tally at the time the Chair prematurelu announced the statement of result, or 211 yeas and 217 nays..."
The committee issued a final report on the alleged "stolen vote" and spent a half million dollars investigating the vote.
During a rancorous House session late on the night of August 2, 2007, presiding officer Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY) closed the vote and announced it was 214-214. By rule, tie votes in the House lose. That was the result Democrats wanted on this particular vote. But the unofficial "scoreboard" in the chamber briefly flashed 215 to 213 (in favor of the Republicans), meaning votes were still being cast electronically.
In protest, House Republicans walked out of the chamber on the next vote and demanded an inquiry.
During the more than year of investigating, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) admitted in hearings that he yelled at McNulty on the dais to shut down the vote.
He also barked at the House parliamentarian "We control this House, not the parlaimentarians" when he thought they had advised McNulty to keep the vote open.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Jeepers!
The RAT Party acting like RATS?
No surprise in this.
It took a year for them to determine a simple parlimentary rules issue? And then they release it on a huge news day. Go figure.
Yea...So now what happens?
What was the legislation the democrats screwed us on?
Just like Stalin said, “its not important who votes, its who counts the votes.
That’s my question. What will they do about it? Or will they just ignore it. Our Congress at work.
I thought it was Mayor Daley who said that in 1960?
It took them a YEAR and $500,000 !!!
We are so screwed.
tag
I’ll see if I can find a link to the actual bill.
It was a “Republican Motion to Recommit the Agriculture Appropriations bill” vote that would have “denied taxpayer-funded benefits in that bill from going to illegal immigrants”.
Like many ideas and sayings Democrats use, it came from Stalin.
Stalin was dead in 1960, so he must have said it first.
“Move on people Nothing to see here. LET’S MOVE ON.....”<S
Probably something along the lines of the "inadvertent whistle" in football (that's when the ref decides to ignore instant replay's proving that he was wrong).
I could be mistaken as I am going by memory here, but it’s probably irrelevant now as it was a vote on something about “Shamnesty” which ultimately went down in flames anyway.
Overview and rollcall votes:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3161
Youtube video of the chaos on the floor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8R6QDoPCKk
And the consequences are......?
And the original vote will be reinstated when.....?
“A special bipartisan House committee has found that Democrats incorrectly closed a vote on the House floor last in August 2007 which would have resulted in Republicans prevailing on an immigration issue.”
I remember this one!
bttt
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