Canna Sylvan
Well-Known Member
now i'm confused, it said it passed the house...
Current Status: Passed House
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[TR]
[TD="align: right"] AYE[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[TD]
24%
[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] NO[/TD]
[TD]307[/TD]
[TD]
71%
[/TD]
[TD]128[/TD]
[TD]179[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]NOT VOTING[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]
4%
[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="align: right"]REQUIRED:[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2, align: left"]Simple Majority[/TD]
[/TR]
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Our political system is really screwed up. Status means if more amendments are allowed. Result means what happened on that amendment's vote.
Amendments can be made, even the bill originator doesn't like. If everyone gets fed up enough, the bill is killed. Like what happened here. It can be killed for stupid shit, such as not liking the usage of "is."
What's really fucked up. After some reading, it looks like the house and senate can both agree to two different bills. So the process happens again.
The version I found was #3, which 105 Republicans liked no Democrats. The final was #51 with some Democrats this time and fewer Republicans.
No wonder we're all fucked. Imagine if our daily lives worked the way congress does with every decision!