It is the same reason that John Kyl of Arizona voted against the Cornyn amendment, which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:
Posted on 07/27/2010 2:36:20 PM PDT by topher
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Did Reid of Nevada make a senile vote or a desparate vote because of the November election???
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These are the official results!!! See Vote 220 of the 111th Congress for the US Senate!
Oh my, what a goof!
It was no goof.
This tactic, according to Senate rules, will allow him to bring it up again at a later time.
Has he been asked to explain??
This allows him to bring it back up for another vote. Not a mistake.
I don’t think this is the first time he has done this. Doddling old fool comes to mind.
My understanding is that Reid will vote no on something he wants to have passed because by the rules, he can bring it up again later. The Parliamentarians here might be better able than I to explain it.
He is often known to vote on the wrong side, only to be corrected by one of his fellow Democrats to correct his vote... (This happened one time, and the News networks actually had the story!)
He’s done this same “accidental voting” on several other recent, but critical, occasions.
The guy is getting senile. It’s time the Mormon’s god take him to his planet.
Correct.
calm down,he did this on purpose so he could bring the matter up for vote again....
It’s all strategery, not a mistake.
It is the same reason that John Kyl of Arizona voted against the Cornyn amendment, which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:
Sorry, not a goof. Any follower of politics knows this was a procedural ploy to bring it up again. Republicans do it too when they have the leadership.
But Senator Reid has almost voted the wrong way on critical votes and has had to be corrected (was even on TV at least once!)
Thank you. It has been a common tactic of both sides for a very long time. I recall Dole seldom voted with the Republicans in loosing causes for that reason alone. What we need is a Republican Amendment making the reporting mandatory for all the PAC’s, 503(c)’s, Unions, Public Unions and public source funding including grants. The stink the rats would make over that alone would be worth the popcorn.
This is not the first time that he has done this. I think he does it on purpose.
Did they need 60 votes for cloture?
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