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To: truthandlife
Dreier said there is nothing the majority party (Democrats) cannot do so long as the Rules Committee, where Democrats hold a 9-4 majority, authorizes it. This would include passing health reform without actually voting on it.

We have to be able to do better than Dreier. Article 1, Section 5, is perfectly clear (section 7 is for overriding a veto and does not apply to the initial vote). In his position, I would not have accepted the job without knowing the Constitution (which most Freepers do know):

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

They are required to list the "yeas and nays" on any question if one fifth of the members present desire. All Dreier need do is have 1/5 of the total membership demand that they list the "yeas and nays" on Obamacare - the bill itself - and it cannot be "deemed to have passed" without a real vote that produces a list of "yeas and nays".

82 posted on 03/16/2010 12:12:08 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Pollster1

They still have to vote to “deem it passed”, so it’s not like they’re going to do it on a voice acclamation. It will still be clear who voted for it. This is just a way to a) give them a degree of separation from the vote, and 2) pass the desired “fixes” or amendments to it at the same time, which is another thing that’s unconstitutional.


191 posted on 03/16/2010 2:13:49 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Question: Can around 25-30% moonbat base really steal the country from us and hold it?)
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