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  • GOP lawmakers request roll call vote on impeachment resolution

    10/30/2019 5:22:21 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 19 replies
    The Hill ^ | October 30, 2019 | Juliegrace Brufke
    A group of House Republicans is calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to have members cast their votes vocally instead of electronically on a resolution on impeachment procedures slated to come to the floor on Thursday. In a letter sent to Pelosi on Wednesday — led by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) and signed by 25 GOP lawmakers — the members said that while they disagree with Democrats' position on impeachment, it will be "one of the most serious and profound votes any of us will ever cast." "As you know, there is no requirement for a roll call vote in...
  • "Another Last Gasp for Clinton"

    08/06/2008 8:19:57 PM PDT · by luvie · 48 replies · 161+ views
    Fox News ^ | 08-06-2008 | Fox News
    "Hillary Clinton told a group of supporters recently that she has not yet decided whether she will put her name in for a roll-call vote at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month.......Never count Hitlery out!
  • Roll-call buttons easy to manipulate (Texas)

    12/05/2004 8:17:52 AM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 12 replies · 588+ views
    Express-News Austin Bureau ^ | 12/05/2004 | W. Gardner Selby
    AUSTIN — Rep. Larry Evans died Aug. 7, 1991, but later that day the Houston Democrat was recorded as voting three times on the Texas House floor. Presumably, colleagues pushed the vote buttons on his desk. At the time, House Speaker Gib Lewis called the incident embarrassing and urged lawmakers to "strictly observe proper parliamentary procedures in order to ... (assure) our constituents that their representatives are in fact representing them." "It's hard to ride herd on 149 members of the House when you have to trust them and their integrity at the same time," Lewis said. If a movement...
  • Texas among few states with no roll-call rule

    12/04/2004 9:18:19 AM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 5 replies · 245+ views
    MySA.com ^ | 12/04/2004 | Kelly Shannon
    Forty states require legislators to record individually how they vote on final passage of bills. Texas isn't one of them. The Lone Star State stands out nationally as the biggest state with no such requirement, a distinction civic and public interest groups continually point out in their quest to require more recorded, or roll-call, votes. "Of the ten most populous states, Texas is the only one that doesn't require recording votes on final passage of a bill," said Patricia Ross, president of the American Association of University Women of Texas, one of the groups pushing for recorded votes in Texas....