(H.R. 3590) Legislation making major changes in the national health care system - - on a motion to table (kill) an amendment that had been offered by Sen. Reid of Nevada as a procedural tactic
senate Roll Call 386
Dec 22, 2009
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This was a vote on a motion to table (kill) an amendment that had been offered by Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV) to legislation making major changes in the national health care system. The amendment had been offered as a procedural tactic and made no significant impact on the bill. It was actually offered as an amendment to another pending amendment to the health care bill the Senate was considering. It was offered to prevent opponents of the bill from offering their own amendment to the pending amendment: Under Senate rules, there is a limit on the number of amendments that can be offered to a pending amendment. By offering this essentially meaningless amendment to a pending amendment, Sen. Reid was trying to reach that limit and block any further Republican amendments. |
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