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To: frogjerk

I thought in the Senate they only bang the gavel.


34 posted on 12/16/2023 11:07:00 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

Speaking of which I recently learned that the senate has a special gavel that has ceremonial circumstances. It’s not a hammer looking thing. It’s a small stone the presiding officer uses. Weird trivia but I found it interesting.


45 posted on 12/16/2023 11:13:12 AM PST by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will)
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