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House kills the no-lame-duck resolution


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House kills the no-lame-duck resolution

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August 10, 2010

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This afternoon, the House considered a privileged resolution offered by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) that would have effectively barred Congress from convening a lame-duck session after the November elections.

The Democrats motioned to table the measure, which passed by a vote of 256 to 163, effectively killing the resolution.  All Republicans but one voted in support of the resolution, and all Democrats but six voted to kill the resolution.

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“How then to prevent a runaway lame-duck Congress? Bring the issue up now -- applying the check-and-balance of the people's will before it disappears the morning after Election Day. Every current member should be publicly asked: In the event you lose in November -- a remote and deeply deplorable eventuality, but still not inconceivable -- do you pledge to adhere to the will of the electorate and, in any lame-duck session of Congress, refuse to approve anything but the most routine legislation required to keep the government functioning?”
-Charles Krauthammer, Beware the lame duck, July 23, 2010

 

Be sure to check the roll call to see how your representative voted, and let them know what you think at Town Hall meetings in your state and district throughout the August recess!

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