I kept hearing the term "vote-o-rama" spoken today...they are starting to run the Senate like the House...
I hate that...because the impact of an amendment might not be as "acute" when voted on a day later...
I know that is probably just nit-picking on my part...but I prefer the Senate to vote, debate, vote...
Starting?
House, Senate OK budget blueprints
Upper house clips $100 billion from tax cut
David E. Rosenbaum, New York TimesSaturday, March 22, 2003
SENATE 'VOTE-A-RAMA'
In the Senate, the 50 hours of debate allotted under rules expired Thursday night. The Senate spent all day Friday in what is known as a "vote-a-rama," one vote after another on amendments with only a minute or so in between when the sponsor was permitted to describe the amendment.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/22/MN258612.DTL
I prefer the Senate to vote, debate, vote...
That they'll do - but the "debate" part will be brief ;-)