How to create law, the U.S. way...

[Sapiens]

ha ha ha

[Slimprofits]

Re: How to create law, the U.S. way...

I had to look this one up, either forgot about it or missed it the first time around.

August 2007 House voting controversy

When House Republicans contested an August 2, 2007 vote regarding the FY2008 agriculture appropriations bill, they began their protest the following morning when the House voted on the usual procedural motion to verify the previous day's congressional record. At the time, Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.) was presiding over the House and ignored a Republican request for a record vote on the measure, a maneuver they were entitled to since they had a majority of the members then on the House floor. Sensenbrenner called on Murtha to explain his ruling, and Murtha responded by saying, "It is up to the chair. Let me tell you this, the vote will show that the approval would be approved by the House, as it has been." Later that day, House Republicans attempted to pass a resolution rebuking Murtha for his actions as chair and his disrespectful treatment of Rep. Sensenbrenner, but were successfully blocked by the Democrats.

[doom&gloom]

Re: How to create law, the U.S. way...

our system is totally broken.