March 23, 2005

Am I the only one who is upset by this?

Only three senators were present for the actual voice vote approving the legislation. No more were needed because of a long-standing rule that permits approval of certain measures without a majority of the 100 members present as long as the leaders of both parties agree, Senate historian Richard Baker said.

What are those certain measures? I can understand that type of rule for little bitty things that need to get addressed, but doesn’t this blatant abuse of this rule garner any attention?

THREE! That’s it, THREE, people voted for this law. That is absurd and a complete distortion of our process.

But then, the Republicans and our Republican-lite minority leader don’t give a rat’s ass about that. Twist the constitution any which way you want as long as it achieves the goals of the Christian wack jobs.

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