To: All
Great news. How can I find out who voted for and who voted against this?
To: Wagonmaster
Great news. How can I find out who voted for and who voted against this? This was a "voice" vote, not one Senator voted "officially" yes or no.
I actually can't believe that this was voted on by the "voice" of the Senate. You would think that Schumer, Hillary, or another democrat would have asked for a recorded vote.
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10/11/2001 3:31:26 PM PDT by
Dane
To: Wagonmaster
How can I find out who voted for and who voted against this?That is the beauty of a voice vote. You have to rely on the Senator's own honesty to tell you, and now he has plenty of time to decide whether he is for or against. In fact, he can even change his mind depending upon his sense of the will of his constituency [and his own conscience].
To: Wagonmaster
It said it was passed by a voice vote. I THINK that means that the presiding officer of the Senate just asked for members to say "yea" or "nay" and therefore each member wasn't required to go on record with a vote either way.
BTW, you picked a heck of a day to join FR.
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