Corneliu
22-03-2007, 18:12
Remember that campaign promise about sticking to the alotted 15 minutes to vote?
When Democrats were in the minority, they lambasted Republican tactics on the House floor, reserving particular vitriol for the GOP practice of holding votes open longer than the allotted time in order to round up enough support for victory.
Now in the majority and facing their first close vote with the $124 billion wartime spending bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is leaving open the possibility that Democrats might extend the vote beyond the usual 15 minutes.
Seems that Hoyer is leaving open the possiblity to extend this vote. I wish for once in their lives they stick to their promises but then again, what can one expect from politicians.
And they wonder why voter turnout is so damn low.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3258.html
When Democrats were in the minority, they lambasted Republican tactics on the House floor, reserving particular vitriol for the GOP practice of holding votes open longer than the allotted time in order to round up enough support for victory.
Now in the majority and facing their first close vote with the $124 billion wartime spending bill, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) is leaving open the possibility that Democrats might extend the vote beyond the usual 15 minutes.
Seems that Hoyer is leaving open the possiblity to extend this vote. I wish for once in their lives they stick to their promises but then again, what can one expect from politicians.
And they wonder why voter turnout is so damn low.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3258.html